# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerzy-matuszkiewicz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:24:38.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerzy-matuszkiewicz"
name: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
slug: "jerzy-matuszkiewicz"
description: "Jerzy \"Duduś\" Matuszkiewicz was a Polish jazz musician and composer, playing saxophone, clarinet and piano. Between 1950 and 1958, he was leader of the jazz group Melomani. From 1965, he focused on composing music for films. He was a pioneer of the post-World War II jazz movement in Poland, regarded as a \"Founding Father\" of Polish jazz. He is best known for composing the music for the Polish TV series Janosik."
tagline: "Polish musician (1928-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-04-10"
deathDate: "2021-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.81
  momentum:             12.37327188940092
  historical:           8.606521333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560604/"
    handle:    "nm0560604"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/828938"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz"
    title: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz"
    title: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz"
    title: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DA%98%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "یژی ماتوشکیویچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz"
    title: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%95%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Матушкевич, Ежи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerzy_Matuszkiewicz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b174ed75-9c7c-42ed-bc2d-03e83edf029d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80171"
    title: "Jerzy Matuszkiewicz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump