Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski is dead. The artist’s family announced the death of the Polish jazz icon via social media. “It is with regret and deep pain that we inform you that Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski died today in Warsaw. The mourning family,” we read on the musician’s Facebook page.
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski is dead. The musician was 88 years old
The sad news was also reported by Radio Trójka, with which Wróblewski cooperated for years. “We have received extremely sad news. An icon of Polish jazz and a legendary radio personality in one person has passed away – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski. Over the years, the popular “Ptaszyn” made whole generations of listeners fall in love with jazz. He made his debut in 1956 at the first jazz festival in Sopot in Krzysztof Komeda’s band Later, he co-founded such important formations in the history of the genre as, among others, Jazz Believers, Andrzej Kurylewicz’s Quintet and Polish Jazz Quartet,” it was reported on the website of the Third Program of Polish Radio. Listeners know Ptaszy very well from the program “Three Quarters of Jazz”, which he hosted for years.
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski died on May 7 in Warsaw at the age of 88. The day before, he hosted his radio show. “As it turns out, yesterday’s one was the last one…” – said Program Three of Polish Radio.
Ptaszyn has been running “Three Quarters of Jazz” in Trójka for over 50 years
“It’s a hell of a pleasure to be able to talk to people about jazz and play them the greatest things you want. It’s just fun,” Ptaszyn explained in 2022 on Radio Dwójka, recalls the editorial office with which he has cooperated for over half a century.
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski played the tenor and baritone saxophones. Over the years, he founded several bands and played in many musical projects, and was also a member of the Trójka Music Academy. His life mission was to popularize jazz in Poland. He composed songs that were later sung by Maryla Rodowicz, Ewa Bem and Andrzej Zaucha.
Source: Gazeta
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