Polish Jazz and politics

This show is about the intersection between Polish Jazz and politics. More specifically,  it is about how Polish Jazz served as a proxy for a dreams of capitalism,  opportunities, and quest for freedom in an oppressively decade of 1950's in Poland. The podcast tells the story how communist rulers of Poland were trying to suppress all forms of political and artistic freedom; and how  Willis Conover's the Voice of America radio broadcasts,  cosmopolitan underground culture of "bikiniarze", and “Freedom Fighter in Bright Socks” Leopold Tyrmand fought against the regime.

Om Podcasten

Witamy or welcome to all you curious music lovers who have tuned to this podcast. We hope that you’ll join us on this journey. This podcasts season, first in the series, is hosted by Misia Lerska. The series investigates the jazz scene in Poland and focuses on the most important trends, events and artists of Polish Jazz. The first season of Polish Jazz Podcasts will focus the history of jazz in Poland and its most important figures. Each episode will be released with a Spotify playlist that references all of the music that we mention in the show. For the complete list of the episodes and corresponding playlists please go to polishjazz.com/podcasts