KAZIMIERZ JONKISZ
Genres: Hard Bop, Classic Fusion • Poland

Kazimierz Jonkisz was born in 1948 in Wilamowice, Poland. His musical education started at the age of 10 with accordion lessons at a local high school. Later on, at the Bielsko Biała Music high school, he switched to drums. He made a debut in jazz at the Jazz by the Odra '67 Festival at the age of 18, wining it as a soloist. In 1971 Jonkisz graduated the Academy of Music in Katowice receiving the Krzysztof Komeda award. Considerd to be one of the best european drummers, faithful to Elvin Jones, he worked and recorded with top polish jazz musicians, such as: Tomasz Stanko, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Adam Makowicz, JP. Wroblewski, Michal Urbaniak, Mieczyslaw Kosz; also with international jazz stars like : Al.Cohn, Roy Hargrove, Larry Coryell, Amina Claudine Myers, Monty Waters, Eddie Henderson, Kevin Mahogany, Marc Thomas, Miles Griffith, John Hicks, Bob Sheppard, Lary Goldings, Tim Hagans. Since 1978, he read more...