Franciszek Walicki
- Birth Date:
- 20.07.1921
- Death date:
- 03.10.2015
- Extra names:
- Franciszek Walicki, Jacek Grań
- Categories:
- Composer, Journalist, Publicist
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist. He was considered the father of Polish big beat and rock.
In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:
- 1959 - Rhythm and Blues - the first Polish big beat group
- 1960 - Czerwono-Czarni
- 1962 - Niebiesko-Czarni
- 1968 - Breakout
- 1974 – SBB
Awards and distinctions
- 1996 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Righteous among the Nations medal
- 1998 - Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in Opole
Source: wikipedia.org
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kazimierz Opaliński | Coworker | |
| 2 |  | Ewa Krzyżewska | Coworker | |
| 3 |  | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Coworker | |
| 4 |  | Mieczysław Voit | Coworker | |
| 5 |  | Stanisław Milski | Coworker | |
| 6 |  | Kora Ostrowska | Familiar | |
| 7 |  | Krzysztof Klenczon | Familiar | |
| 8 |  | Karol Olgierd Borchardt | Familiar | |
| 9 |  | Marian Brandys | Familiar |
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