Jerzy Stanisław Milian (Poznan, Poland, April 10, 1935 – March 7, 2018) was a Polish jazz vibraphonist, pianist, composer and painter. He graduated at sixteen from the Secondary Music School in Poznan. His teachers included Wolfram Heicking and Boguslaw Schaeffer. Between 1953 and 1955 he led a quintet, including
Stanisław Chwiłkowski,
Ryszard Czaplicki,
Jerzy Piątek, and
Stanisław Lisek. From 1956 to 1958 he played the vibraphone in
Krzysztof Komeda 's sextet, and in late 1959 and 1960, with the
Jan Wróblewski quintet. He has been director and artistic director of the Poli…
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