Les Leonard Canick van Bal is a universal musician, multi-playing bass, bass guitar, violin, trumpet, keyboards. He played in the stage of Krakow, Katowice stage, stage of Szczecin and Gdansk "BART" and olsztyńskiej. In Cracow band, inter alia, from "Les Quartet", "Lechici", "Marcus" and "Andrusy".
It is impossible to mention all this because the material at random shows the warehouses and musicians, who together with him - and many are well known - they played. His musical traveled for a piece of the world, he played in many countries, and eventually settled in the USA where he still continues the musical path. If you've played with Lesław view photos, may, at any of them see each other..

Les Leonard Canick van Bal - trumpet - piano -
Andrzej Piskorski, Poznań - 1962 year, the Secondary School of Music "The Jazz Band from College of Music and Art" - Poznań-1962,
- Tedy Rościszewski - sax tenor, clarinet, b.leader;
- Hanna Rościszewska - vocal,
- Les Leonard Canick van Bal - trumpet, violin,
- Tedy Franke - trombone, Andrzej Piskorski - piano, organ, vocal,
- Jerzy Samolyk /from Koszalin/ - acc.bass, piano,
- Czesław Garbarek - drums.
We win with this Band ex-aequo 1 place at "Student's Jazz Festival" I performed with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra as a tenor /in the chorus/, in "King Roger", the Opera by Karol Szymanowski, staged at the Opening of the H. Wieniawski Memorial Competition in 1962!

1962 in Poznań second team/band/
- Fr.Kosz - clarinet,
- Tedy Chwojka - cornet,
- Les L.Canick van Bal - trumpet, violin,
- Rutkowski - trombone,
- Michał Mokrzyć - piano, organ, acc.bass,
- Zdz.Brodniewicz - drums

In 1964-66 on a review of student teams, Jazz in Nowa Huta Team Secondary School of Music and from ul.Warszawska with:

Leszek Kanik - Trompet, cornet, violin,
Igor Potiuch - vocal,
Adam Japol - vocal,
Staszek Radzik - piano,
Gutek Nowotny - sax tenor, fagot,
Jan Gonciarczyk - kontrabas,
Staszek Wandrzyk - drums, (2 x trombone....?)

in 1964-66 as a group of students performing at concerts and student events means "Jazz Band Bal 2" with:
Andrzej Dutkiewicz - piano - band leader,
Leszek Kanik - "King Oliver" - trompet, cornet, Violin,
Ryszard Kwaśniewski - klarinet,
A.Chowaniec - trombone,
Jan Gonciarczyk - kontrabas,
Toni Czernicki - drums.

Team leaders on a review of Jazz in N. Huta in 1964-1966 were:
Igor Potiuch - bas baryton and
Adam Japol /Tenor/ - both excellent singers. Igor Potiuch after graduating from high school he sang in the Music Theatre,
and Adam Japol probably went to Łódź, and there he sang in the Opera and Operetta.

Student Review Teams, Jazz N. Huta led and organized Andrzej Jaroszewski.

In 1969 I played in Night Club Hotel Cracovia with

Adam Kapera - leader - saxophone, clarinet, flute,
Maria Surówka-Woźniak voc,
Marian Gacek - organ, accordion,
Les Leonard Canick - bass, bass guitar,
Zbigniew Balicki - drums

From 1978-85, I played the Bass Gitar in the accompanist section at the Krakow, Katowice and Gdansk "BART" Estrada Entertainment Companies, along with pianists: Jerzy Sobenko, Andrzej Bartoszewicz, Janusz Butrym, A. Pawlowski, and others; with drummers A. Radniecki, J. Budziaszek, Jacek Brzycki, Henio Lisowski, Janusz Dobosz, and others! Accompaying the Best Polish Artist-Solist Estrada and Opera Entertainers!

From 1983-85, I also performed with the SEBASTIAN Musical and Vocal Band (they won 2nd place at the InterVision Festival in Istanbul); under the "BART" Gdansk Estrada and Krakow Estrada Entertainment Companies!

The members of SEBASTIAN included
Nina Rowińska, Leader, arranger & composer, piano and vocal;
Kajka, vocals; "Agrafka" [Safety pin], vocals;"Gypsy Girl" /Brunette/, vocals;
Kuba, vocals, and Sebastian, vocals! The accompanying musicians were:
Zbyszek Paczkowski, guitar, keyboards, vocals;
Les Leonard Bal Kanik, violin, trumpet, vocals;
Marek Patrzalek, bass guitar,
Krzys Poznański, vocals, drums!