Biography
Wojciech Karolak was a jazz musician who played piano and organ. Wojciech Karolak was born on 28 May 1939 in Warsaw and died on 23 June 2021. The music is usually filed under jazz. Honours include Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.
Wojciech Krzysztof (Wojtek) Karolak (28 May 1939 – 23 June 2021) was a Hammond B-3 organist who referred to himself as "an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician, born by mistake in Middle Europe". He also played saxophone and piano professionally. Karolak was born Warsaw, Poland. In 1958, he began performing with the band the 'Jazz Believers' playing alto saxophone. The Jazz Believers consisted of the pianists Andrzej Trzaskowski and Krzysztof Komeda, Trafika Dżajant, and multi-instrumentalist Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski. Next, Wojciech Karolak played tenor saxophone in Andrzej Trzaskowski's The Wreckers. In 1961, Karolak switched from saxophone back to piano. In 1962, he formed his own trio and started recording his own music. This trio became the premier jazz band in Poland and backed most Western/American artists visiting Poland, among them Annie Ross, Ray Charles, and Don Ellis, with whom he recorded.
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Wojciech Karolak is known for playing piano and organ.
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Wojciech Karolak was born 28 May 1939 in Warsaw.
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