Janusz Iwański, best known as Yanina, (April 22, 1956 in Częstochowa

Czestochowa

Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship...

) is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 jazz and rock guitarist, composer, songwriter and vocalist. He has performed with the groups Tie Break

Tie Break (jazz ensemble)

Tie Break is a successful and "significant" Polish jazz rock group, formed in Częstochowa in 1977. The group was formed by guitarist Janusz Iwański and the bassist Krzysztof Majchrzak, and was soon joined by flute player Grzegorz Chmieleck....

, Soyka Yanina,and Maanam

Maanam

Maanam is a popular Polish rock band, formed by Marek Jackowski, Kora and Milo Kurtis in 1976. Originally an acoustic outfit, the band went electric in 1980, and since then has recorded some of the best-selling singles and albums in Poland over the past 25 years.During the first half of the...

. Since 2007 he has been playing with the rock group, The Goodboys.

Biography

He began as a musician in 1970 but in 1976 at the Jazz Jamboree

Jazz Jamboree

Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw. Organized by .-History:The first Jazz Jamboree was organised by Hot-Club Hybrydy. It was three days long and it was called "Jazz 58". The first three editions of the festival took place in the...

, he heard artists such as Gil Evans

Gil Evans

Gil Evans was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, active in the United States...

, Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...

, Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...

 and many others, took up the study of jazz itself. He has cited Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

 as an influence.As he become interested in jazz he formed the Tie Break

Tie Break (jazz ensemble)

Tie Break is a successful and "significant" Polish jazz rock group, formed in Częstochowa in 1977. The group was formed by guitarist Janusz Iwański and the bassist Krzysztof Majchrzak, and was soon joined by flute player Grzegorz Chmieleck....

 with bassist Krzysztof Majchrzak, soon joined by flute player Grzegorz Chmielecki.

He has performed in countries such as Poland, Mexico, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Georgia and others including in his native Częstochowa

Czestochowa

Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship...

 with over 3000 gigs in total. Iwański has performed at the "Umbria Jazz Festival

Umbria Jazz Festival

The Umbria Jazz Festival is one of the most important jazz festivals in the world and has been held annually since 1973, usually in the month of July, in Perugia, Italy...

" (1984), "European Jazz Festival-Athena", "Jazz Jamboree", "Era Jazzu", "Warsaw Summer Jazz Days", "Gdynia Summer Jazz Days", "Jazz Fair", "Jazz Jantar", "The British Fusion Festival in Silesia", "Jazz On Odra River", "Jazz Juniors" and many others. He has toured with people such as Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stanko

Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....

 and has also contributed to many theatrical and film works, with people such as Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.-Life:Zbigniew Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself music by listening and transcribing parts from records....

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Tie Break

• Tie Break – Polskie Nagrania 1989
• Duch wieje kędy chce – Edycja Św. Pawła 1990
• Gin gi lob – Silton 1991
• Poezje ks. Jana Twardowskiego – Edycja Św. Pawła 1995

Sojką

• STANISŁAW SOJKA & JANUSZ JANINA IWAŃSKI - In Concert Polton 1990
• SOJKA – Acoustic – ZIC-ZAC 1991
• SOYKA YANINA-Neopositive – ESA 1992
• SOYKA YANINA & kompania-live w Remoncie 4 kwietnia 1993 r. (2 CD). ESA 1993
• SOYKAYANINA i kompania-Radical graża. ESA 1994
• Soyka, Yanina I Tie Break (jazz ensemble)
  Tie Break (jazz ensemble)
  Tie Break is a successful and "significant" Polish jazz rock group, formed in Częstochowa in 1977. The group was formed by guitarist Janusz Iwański and the bassist Krzysztof Majchrzak, and was soon joined by flute player Grzegorz Chmieleck....
  
   – retrospekcja. koncert. Kraków – Pomaton 1995
• SOYKA SONETY SHAKESPARE. Pomaton EMI 1996
• SOYKA "Jan Paweł II-Tryptyk Rzymski". WAM-Pomaton/EMI 2003

Yanina

• YANINA-Portret wewnętrzny. Pomaton-EMI 1995 r.
• KaPeLa YANINA – 2001. SelleS Enterprises 1999 r.
• YANINA & KaPeLa – Searchers for something... GOWI Records 2002 r.