Zbigniew Seifert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zbigniew Seifert

Polish musician

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1979

Profession: violinist, saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist. Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland in 1946.
He played alto saxophone early in his career and was strongly influenced by John Coltrane.
He devoted himself to jazz violin when he started performing with the Tomasz Stanko Quintet in 1970 and became one of the leading modern jazz violinists before he died of cancer at the age of 32.
He is buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.