Career
He was considered the father of Polish beat and rock music In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands: 1959 - Rhythm and Blues - the first Polish big beat group 1960 - Czerwono-Czarni 1962 - Niebiesko-Czarni 1968 - Breakout 1974 – SBB 1996 – Officer"s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.