Polish Jazz Before Communism
The beginning of jazz in Poland is difficult to determine. As early as of the 1930s clubs in Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów or Poznań would play some jazz. This tended to be swing and some of it was influenced by the traditional classical music. American popular music (particularly of George Gershwin's) was in great demand. Eddie Rosner might be one of the first jazz musicians of significance in Poland. A great many Polish jazz musicians in this era were of Jewish or German origin.
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