Stanisław Soyka: Polish Journalist Dies at 64

Musical fascinations of Stanisław Soyka

He made his debut in November 1978 with a recital at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, where he performed blues music, gospel and standards, such as works by Ray Charles, Carole King and Beatles. Registration of this recital was released as his debut album “Don’t You Cry” in 1979. In the same year he won the first prize at the Lublin meetings of jazz vocalists, and in the following years he gained recognition as the best Polish jazz singer according to the readers of the magazine “Jazz Forum”.

Soyka was known for his fascination with various musical genres, including jazz, soul music, R&B, as well as folk and religious music. In his work he referred to both the jazz classics and Polish poetry and culture. He was also a valued interpreter of works of Polish poets.

In 1981, the album “Blublula” was released – “Jazz album of the year ’81”, which obtained the status of gold. Cooperation with Janusz Yanin Iwański turned out to be fruitful, as a result of which, among others “Acoustic” album. The album “Soyka. Sonnets Shakespeare” added friendship with the writer and translator Maciej Słomczyński. He composed and recorded music to the “Roman triptych” of John Paul II. In March 2004, the album “Soyka Sings Love Songs” was released, on which he presented his own versions of hits, the subject of which was love.

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He played a policeman in the Polish-Japanese film by Dorota Kędzierzawska “Tomorrow will be better”. In 2010 in Sopot he received the two theaters festival award for the best original music for the radio play “We will meet younger” Krzysztof Czeczot. He also composed music to the musical drama directed by this creator “Passion according to Roman Brandstaetter called Szczecin’s passion.”