Kazimierz Jonkisz - jazz musician, drummer and educator.

Legend of Polish jazz. He has collaborations with other legends of Polish jazz such as Zbigniew Namysłowski, Leszek Możdżer, Tomasz Stańko, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski or Michał Urbaniak, as well as with internationally renowned artists such as Eddie Henderson, John Hicks or Bob Sheppard.

In 1978 he began performing as Poland's first leader-percussionist, and in 1980 he debuted with his own quintet at the "Jazz Jamboree" International Jazz Music Festival and recorded his first original album "Tiri Taka" from the "Polish Jazz" series. Since then he has participated in the recording of about 70 albums and played at the world's biggest jazz festivals. Since 1992 Kazimierz Jonkisz has also been involved in teaching jazz, and for several years, together with professors from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he has been taking part in a series of music workshops in Puławy.

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