Barbara Trzetrzelewska Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Basia Trzetrzelewska [?ba?a t??t???l?fska] (13px listen) (born September 30, 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s and the late 2000s and 2010s, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano tessituras, as well as her singular jazz-influenced stylings and multi-layered harmonies.
Polaris Music Prize, Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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In 1969, she debuted with her local amateur rock band Astry, and performed with them on Polish Festival Of Beat Avangarde in Kalisz.
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From 1972 to 1974, she was a member of the popular Polish female vocal group Alibabki.
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From 1977, she sang with the rock group Perfect; settling temporarily in Chicago in 1979, she later relocated to the UK in 1981. It was there she met Mark Reilly and longtime collaborator Danny White, brother of jazz guitarist Peter White.
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In 1983, the trio performed as the jazz-pop group Bronze, but later changed their name to Matt Bianco and recorded their debut album Whose Side Are You On? (1984). This album included UK Top 30 hits "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute," eventually achieving gold status in Great Britain.
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In 1985, she and White left Matt Bianco to launch her solo career. In 1987, her first album, Time and Tide, was released, selling over one million copies alone in the United States, including the Top 30 hit "Time and Tide" in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her second album, London Warsaw New York (1990), repeated that success with sales of more than one million units, and featured another pop Top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Cruising for Bruising." This album also topped Billboard's yearly chart of Contemporary Jazz albums, even beating the Grammy-winning album of Quincy Jones. Achieving success beyond the U.S. market, Basia also became a very popular artist in Japan and Europe (particularly in France). Her third and most recent studio album, "The Sweetest Illusion," was released in 1994 and was a moderate success in the U.S. market, selling over 500,000 copies, and globally became another million-seller.
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Son, Mikolaj, born c. 1977.
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Older brother Jacek died when her 3rd album, The Sweetest Illusion, was made.
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She has 2 brothers (Jacek and Roman) and a sister (Ewa).
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Is the second of four children.
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Spent a couple of years in the band called Matt Bianco before her solo career. Recently the band released the album "Matt's Mood" with Basia in 2004.
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Jazz singer.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ready to Wear
1994
performer: "Third Time Lucky" / writer: "Third Time Lucky" - as Basia Trzetrzelewska
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Agent 700: Kryptonim N.
2007
Short
Intern
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cover me - Das Konzert
2012
TV Movie
Herself
Lauren Hutton and...
1996
TV Series
Herself
Breakfast Time
1995
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Good Morning America
1994
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1994
TV Series
Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1994
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show
1990-1994
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1988-1990
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
Known for movies
Ready to Wear (1994) as Soundtrack
Cover me - Das Konzert (2012) as Herself
Late Night with David Letterman (1988-1990) as Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show (1990-1994) as Herself - Musical Guest
$700,000
