Polish trombonist Dzimek Markiewicz is one of the best friends of this paper, having been a listener to Andy Senior’s RADIOLA! program for years ahead of his relaunch of The American Rag as The Syncopated Times almost a decade ago. Andy can even be heard introducing one of the tracks on this album in a clip from RADIOLA! Dzimek, who many know as Dymitr, wishes to emphasize his Polishness now with the new handle. My attempt to draw a clear parallel from Dzimek to Dymitr fell flat, it seems to be a surname, not a first name, and has no meaning I could find that would imply usage as a nickname. Anywho…if you have had the pleasure to correspond with Dzimek/Dymitr he has undoubtedly shared his exuberant love of traditional jazz and probably attached a few MP3s for you to enjoy.
Enjoy you will, he has been active in the robust Polish Jazz scene since the late ’50s, the Warsaw Stompers may have been his earliest band. Over his 80-plus years he has made remarkable music with remarkable musicians in a variety of settings. When I first started with this paper I was given a stack of CDs that featured him or his friends and they quickly became among my favorites. Tracks from some of those bands, including the Ragtime Jazz Band, Paul and his Gang, the Five O’Clock Orchestra, Maritime Stompers, Dansk-Svensk Jazzforsyning, and the Polish-Swedish Connection are featured on this two CD collec
