A band that played at the
Violinka club in the years 1965-1974.
Its earlier name was 6 PIK. Before that the band played at the Arkadia. When it came
to the Viola the number of musicians fell to 5, hence the name it adopted - BIG 5.
The band played mainly dance music and went on, with small changes of line-up, until
the end of the 1960s. As BIG 5 it existed until the mid-1970s.
Line-up:
sax, accordion - Jerzy Kokosza
piano - Janusz Podobiński
drums - Antoni Małecki / Kazimierz Malec / Roman Antkowiak / Ryszard Kozłowski / Zdzisław Nazarko
guitar, vocals - Zdzisław Marędziak
trumpet, vocals - Józef Hochołek
vocals - Maria Woźniak
sax, accordion - Jerzy Kokosza
piano - Janusz Podobiński
drums - Antoni Małecki / Kazimierz Malec / Roman Antkowiak / Ryszard Kozłowski / Zdzisław Nazarko
guitar, vocals - Zdzisław Marędziak
trumpet, vocals - Józef Hochołek
vocals - Maria Woźniak
Below: surviving photographs of the group from the extensive archive of Jurek Kokosza
1964
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1971
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