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Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist. Perhaps best known for his work in film scores, Komeda wrote the scores for Roman Polanski’s films Knife in the Water (1962), Cul-de-sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and Rosemary’s Baby (1968).
Oct 29, 2020 · Komeda's music, however, embraced a cooler modernity typified by his influences—The Modern Jazz Quartet and Gerry Mulligan. Fans and critics alike were divided, with Komeda's detractors bored and dismissive because they could not dance to his classically filtered cool jazz, while his champions heralded the arrival of a game-changing ...
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The 1975 debut album of the West German fusion group Virgo, comprised of musicians from now forgotten krautrock bands, featured an interesting interpretation of Kattorna. It begins with a two-and-a-half-minute saxophone solo that goes from gentle swing music to a forlorn, death rattle-like wheeze from the instrument.
Komeda. Pop group. Taking their name from the famous Polish composer responsible for scoring Rosemary's Baby, Kryzstof Komeda, the Swedish band Komeda combined a love for lush instrumental music and hyperactive 1960s garage rock to create an international pop sound all their own. Along with like-minded bands Stereo Total and Stereolab, who also ...
Komeda is a Swedish pop/ indie band from Umeå. [1] They were initially called Cosma Komeda, named in honour of composer Vladimir Cosma and jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda. [2] [3] The band started in the mid-1980s as a post-punk band influenced by bands such as Can, Devo, and The Velvet Underground, and by film soundtracks. [3]
- Lena Karlsson, Jonas Holmberg, Marcus Holmberg
- Umeå, Sweden
- 1991–present
Oct 29, 2020 · Krzysztof Komeda. Christopher Komeda's big time began back at the time of the I Sopot Jazz Festival in August 1956, but his ties with music were much older. Born in Poznan in 1931 he took piano lessons since his childhood and his first dreams were to be a famous virtuoso. They were no daydreams for at the age of eight he started at the Poznan ...
Oct 3, 1997 · Komeda also wrote music for Andrzej Wajda films, among others — more than 40 in all. Tomasz Stanko, Komeda's trumpeter, has just released an album of his music called "Litania" (ECM).
