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Krzysztof Meyer has many unforgettable memories of his numerous meetings with Dmitri Shostakovich, but unfortunately not a single photo.

Double bass and drums.

Back from left: Bernard Dornowski (git, voc), Seweryn Krajewski (keyb, git, voc), Jan Pospieszalski (bg, voc). Front: Jerzy Skrzypczyk (dr, voc).

Karin Stanek’s song “Ich mag dich so wie du bist” (“I like you just as you are”) in the German charts, 1979

Hans Kumpf is not only a photographer and musician, but also an author. His article on the German-Polish jazz exchange ‘Poland and Germany - diplomacy with jazz’ is worth reading on JazzPages

Two of the protagonists in the opera Kyberiade in Wuppertal.

Anonymous, water-coloured pen drawing.

Title page of Paderewski's composition. Op.11, Berlin, Poznan 1885.

Composer from Warsaw

Martha Eggerth was a singer and actress.

The festival for new music has been organised since 1956. During the Cold War, it represented a bridge for musicians on both sides of the "Iron Curtain".

In autumn in Bergisch Gladbach.

Profile photo.

At a live performance in Berlin (East).

Record cover “Tell me” by Karin Stanek and the band Blackbird, West Germany, 1982

At the 48th Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk.

Maria and Jan Meyer in their house in Kraków (Summer 1947).

The photographer is unknown.