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- Book Synopsis
- Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz is the biography of Krzysztof (Trzci?ski) Komeda (1931-1969), composer of no fewer than 40 soundtracks, including film scores to all of Roman Pola?ski's early films such as Knife in the Water and Rosemary's Baby; and a revered figure in the world of jazz, which regards his record, Astigmatic (released in 1966), as a key album in the history of European jazz. This biography of Komeda, originally published in Polish by Znak in 2018, is the first to be published in the English language and not only traces Komeda's life, but also the development of Polish jazz during this period. It explores how this arose in large part out of a need for self-expression and personal freedom during a repressive period of Soviet communist dominance. The book is full of interviews between the biographer and people who worked with and knew Krzysztof Komeda personally, and, while thoroughly-grounded in primary sources, it is written in a playful, questioning, engaging style.
- About The Author
- A history graduate of the University of Gda?sk, Magdalena Grzeba?kowska is a multi-award-winning journalist and author of four books of non-fiction. In addition to her biography of Krzysztof Komeda, she has also written best-selling biographies of the Polish poet-priest, Jan Twardowski; and the Beksi?skis, (artist father, Zdzis?aw, and music journalist-son, Tomasz).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781781799451
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing, (05 August 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 472
- Weight
- 848 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 34 mm
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