Józef Skrzek is a Polish multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer, an important figure in World progressive rock.He created the progressive-rock group Silesian Blues Band -SBB (with Jerzy Piotrowski and Apostolis Anthimos) and also recorded for a time with Czesław Niemen. Over the following decades, Skrzek consistently showed independence. He performed with a number of artist and ad-hoc created bands, but mostly involved himself with theater and church music, as well as movie soundtracks. He is well-noted for his live performances not only on conventional concerts but also in a variety of other venues (e.g., his improvisations on summer solstice nights in Silesian Planetarium).