Real name: Jan Kopinski

Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 1990

Members: Jan Kopinski, Wojciech Konikiewicz, Steve Harris (9), Mick Nolan, Tim Nolan, Tim Bullock, Steve Iliffe

Pinski Zoo is a seriously left-field jazz/funk outfit lead by saxophonist Jan Kopinski. In a career spanning more than 20 years they have won prestigious awards, supported some of the biggest names in jazz, and demonstrated an admirably restless creative spirit. Kopinski's range of influences stretches from free jazz to film soundtracks and the music of eastern Europe, and he mashes them up with gleeful abandon.