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Czesław
Niemen (real name Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki) (February 16, 1939 -
January 17, 2004) was one of the most important and original Polish
singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the last quarter-century,[1]
singing mainly in the Polish language.
He is arguably the most acclaimed Polish singer of all time.[weasel words]
Niemen
was born in Stare Wasiliszki in Grodno Province. After the World War II
it became a part of Byelorussian SSR and in the 1950s he was allowed to
move to Poland. He made his debut in the early 1960s, singing Polish
rock and soul music. He possessed an unusually wide voice range and
equally rich intonation. He was also an ardent composer and a keyboard
player. Soon after his first successful concerts in France, he started
to use the pseudonym Niemen instead of his real name, gaining wider
notoriety in Poland and making it easier to pronounce by foreigners
(Niemen is a Polish pronunciation of the Neman River and this way he
wanted to mark his birth country). His song of 1967, "Dziwny jest ten
świat" (Strange Is This World) is commonly acknowledged to be the most
important Polish protest song of that era (in 1972 also en English
version was recorded). He was one of the first Polish performers to wear
long hair and colourful clothes and introducing the style of
psychedelia to communist Poland, which annoyed the officials. The first
three LP album's Niemen recorded with his band "Akwarele"
(Watercolours). Subsequently, he recorded with his other new bands:
"Enigmatic", "Grupa Niemen" and "Aerolit". In 1969 he changed musical
style to progressive rock while recording the monumental album
Enigmatic. The most notable song from it was "Bema pamięci żałobny
rapsod" (A Mournful Rhapsody in Memory of Józef Bem), based on the 19th
century poem by Cyprian Kamil Norwid. The rest of Enigmatic songs were a
sung poetry as well. Niemen played Hammond organ, later mellotron and
Moog synthesizer on his records.
In the early 1970s, Niemen
recorded three English language albums under the CBS label. In 1974 he
recorded Mourner's Rhapsody with Jan Hammer and Rick Laird from
Mahavishnu Orchestra. In the seventies, Niemen turned to jazz-rock
fusion and electronic music (Katharsis album). In 1972 he also
contributed with a song performed by him in "Wesele" (The Wedding (1972
film)) by director Andrzej Wajda , laureate of an honorary Oscar. Later,
Niemen also composed film soundtracks and theater music. In the 1990s
he showed interest in art painting and computer graphics. He died of
cancer in Warsaw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%...
Niemen (real name Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki) (February 16, 1939 -
January 17, 2004) was one of the most important and original Polish
singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the last quarter-century,[1]
singing mainly in the Polish language.
He is arguably the most acclaimed Polish singer of all time.[weasel words]
Niemen
was born in Stare Wasiliszki in Grodno Province. After the World War II
it became a part of Byelorussian SSR and in the 1950s he was allowed to
move to Poland. He made his debut in the early 1960s, singing Polish
rock and soul music. He possessed an unusually wide voice range and
equally rich intonation. He was also an ardent composer and a keyboard
player. Soon after his first successful concerts in France, he started
to use the pseudonym Niemen instead of his real name, gaining wider
notoriety in Poland and making it easier to pronounce by foreigners
(Niemen is a Polish pronunciation of the Neman River and this way he
wanted to mark his birth country). His song of 1967, "Dziwny jest ten
świat" (Strange Is This World) is commonly acknowledged to be the most
important Polish protest song of that era (in 1972 also en English
version was recorded). He was one of the first Polish performers to wear
long hair and colourful clothes and introducing the style of
psychedelia to communist Poland, which annoyed the officials. The first
three LP album's Niemen recorded with his band "Akwarele"
(Watercolours). Subsequently, he recorded with his other new bands:
"Enigmatic", "Grupa Niemen" and "Aerolit". In 1969 he changed musical
style to progressive rock while recording the monumental album
Enigmatic. The most notable song from it was "Bema pamięci żałobny
rapsod" (A Mournful Rhapsody in Memory of Józef Bem), based on the 19th
century poem by Cyprian Kamil Norwid. The rest of Enigmatic songs were a
sung poetry as well. Niemen played Hammond organ, later mellotron and
Moog synthesizer on his records.
In the early 1970s, Niemen
recorded three English language albums under the CBS label. In 1974 he
recorded Mourner's Rhapsody with Jan Hammer and Rick Laird from
Mahavishnu Orchestra. In the seventies, Niemen turned to jazz-rock
fusion and electronic music (Katharsis album). In 1972 he also
contributed with a song performed by him in "Wesele" (The Wedding (1972
film)) by director Andrzej Wajda , laureate of an honorary Oscar. Later,
Niemen also composed film soundtracks and theater music. In the 1990s
he showed interest in art painting and computer graphics. He died of
cancer in Warsaw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%...
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