Lean Back (group)

Lean Back – a Polish informal acid-jazz/funky/soul/pop/blues group created in 1985 in Ruda Slaska by Ireneusz Kucharczyk, guitarist, Janusz Frychel, bassist, Zbigniew Szczerbinski, drummer and Tomasz Kupka, pianist, giving first blues live performance in “Pulsar Club”. In 1990 the band with new musicians Damian Jambor, drummer, Wojciech Feodorow, trumpeter i Jaroslaw Lelen, saxophonist, won a preliminary of „Rawa Blues Festival” and took part in concert in Spodek in Katowice. In the 1990s, thanks to new, interesting personal changes and compilations (Janusz Biedrowski, saxophonist, Jacek Dobrzanski, guitarist, Jaroslaw Kierkowski, bassist and Krzysztof Nowakowski, drummer) it came to the creation of an original sound of the group in acid-jazz convention and finally record the only album entitled “10 plus 1” in 1999 with a vocalist Patrycja Gola. There were many band live performances in radio and TV. After realizing in 2000 a record “Lean Back carols 2000” with a vocalist Justyna Gwardecka, the band dissolved itself naturally.

Line-up (1985-2000): Janusz Biedrowski – saxophone, Jacek Dobrzanski – guitar, Wojciech Feodorow – trumpet, Janusz Frychel – bass guitar, Damian Jambor – drums, Zbigniew Janowski – drums, Maciej Kałwak – bass guitar, Jarosław Kierkowski – bass guitar, Marian Kowalik – bass guitar, Ireneusz Kucharczyk – guitar, vocal, Tomasz Kupka – keyboard, Jarosław Lelen – saxophone, Krzysztof Nowakowski – drums, Zbigniew Szczerbinski – drums, Dariusz Wantuch – keyboard, Michał Zabrzenski – trombone, Robert Zug – trombone.

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