Czeslaw Niemen

Aliases: Czesław Niemen
Niemen
Real name: Czesław Juliusz Niemen-Wydrzycki
Born: February 19, 1939
Died: January 17, 2004
Country: Poland
IPI: 00067380071 2 works
00067380169 2 works
Affiliation: ZAIKS
Comments: Born near Nowgorod (these days Belarus), Niemen became Poland's both in his motherland and internationally probably most acknowledged keyboarder, composer and bandleader. Also a writer. Starting as a beat musician and supporting Marlene Dietrich at her Warsaw concert in 1964, he - throughout his career - increasingly turned towards complex Art Rock, psychedelic sounds, electronics, classical music and Jazz. Nieman hardly ever did cover versions. He died of cancer.
Member of: Jazz Studio Orchestra of the Polish Radio
Niebiesko-Czarni (October 1962 - November 1966)