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Last October a jolly crowd of JAZZ FORUM's international contributors and friends convened in Warsaw to celebrate the publication's 10th birthday. In addition to a working meeting at the JF Editorial Office (see General News p. 8) and the maddening marathon of the Jazz Jamboree musical events, staunch JF friends and newcomers, some 80-people strong, were entertained at a commemorative luncheon in a stylish 19th century mansion in Zaborow, 20 miles outside of Warsaw. Informality was the order of the day: no stiff reports were delivered or tedious debates provoked. Instead, in his opening address, founder and Editor-in-Chief

IF's 10th Anniversary
JF's founder and Editor-in-Chief Jan Byrczek welcomes the assembled guests. Applauding one of the speakers are, from left: Werner Panke, Bent Jensen, Krystian Brodacki, Wladyslaw Idzior, Alessandro Alessandrini, Marek Jackowski, Ognjen Xvrtkovich, Jan Poprawa, Stane Susnik, Charles Alexander, Willis Conover, Elias Gistelinck, Heinz Schroeter and Janusz Szprot.

Adam Makowicz's piano recital was the high point of the get together. The responsive iidience in the background includes, from left, Helena Matuszewska, Hilmar Bachor, Krzy-:iof Zagrodzki, Andrzej Wasylewski — Polish TV Director, Sakis Fapadimitriou from reece, Alexey Batashev, Martin Linzer, and crouching on the floor is musician-writer Jan taszyn Wroblewski. he captivated audience listening to the music. From left: Antonin Truhlar — Czechoslo-akia, Jan Byrczek, Stanislaw Cejrowski — Secretary General of the Polish Jazz Society, una Kulicka, Octavian TJrsulescu — Romania, JF Assistant Editor Jacek Wapinski, Ms. lement, Kazimierz Czyz, Rod DeRemer, Carolyn Miller — USA, and standing in the fore-round is Lars Westin from Sweden.
Last October a jolly crowd of JAZZ FORUM's international contributors and friends convened in Warsaw to celebrate the publication's 10th birthday. In addition to a working meeting at the JF Editorial Office (see General News p. 8) and the maddening marathon of the Jazz Jamboree musical events, staunch JF friends and newcomers, some 80-people strong, were entertained at a commemorative luncheon in a stylish 19th century mansion in Zaborow, 20 miles outside of Warsaw. Informality was the order of the day: no stiff reports were delivered or tedious debates provoked. Instead, in his opening address, founder and Editor-in-Chief	Jan Byrczek invited the assembled guests to just enjoy a few happy moments of togetherness and thus fuse the past attainments with an even more ambitious future. Appropriately for a jazz occasion, live music was provided and the highlight of the meeting turned out to be a recital by the outstanding pianist Adam Makowicz. All in all, this was a family reunion of JF staff editors, contributors, correspondents, musicians, radio and TV people, and other jazz professionals whose creative energy stimulated the growth of the magazine throughout the past decade.

Well-known American radio jazz commentator Willis Conover (center) surrounded by friends, from left: Andrzej Jaroszewski from Polish Radio, Jacek Wapinski, Jan Byrczek, Alexander Skale from Yugoslavia, Barbara Wittwer, JF Art Editor Rafal Olbinski and Ryszard Grusz -czynski. From left: Wladyslaw Idzior, Alessandro Alessandrini — Italy, Marek Jackowski, Ognjen Tvrtko-vich — Yugoslavia, Jan Poprawa, Stane Susnik — Yugoslavia, Charles Alexander from Great Britain and Andrzej Jaroszewski.	JF Paris correspondent Krzysztof 1 grodzki with his wife, Elzbieta. Zbigniew Mikolajczak, represent the Ars Polona distribution co pany, with JF photographer Mai rzata Dembowska-Byrczek. Jazz Forum contributors, from 11 Barbara van Rooyen (USA), 1 Wagner (West Germany), Bart Wittwer, Jurg Solothurnmann (Si erland) and Bod DeRemer (USA).