Ex Maanam

In September 2003 there were significant changes in Maanam's line-up. Musicians Ryszard Olesiński (guitarist), Krzysztof Olesiński (bass guitarist) and Paweł Markowski (drummer), who had been associated with Maanam for over two decades, left the band by mutual agreement. Kora and Marek Jackowski remained in the band. After a few years of touring with new musicians, Marek Jackowski resigned from further cooperation with Kora. Jackowski proposed to the musicians from Maanam's former "golden line-up" to work together again, this time with a new singer Karolina Leszko, whom Jackowski chose as one of the participants of Szansa na Sukces TV show. Unfortunately, Marek's sudden and unexpected death interrupts the work on this project. However, the musicians decided to will Marek Jackowski to form Zloty Maanam. The group toured successfully for several years also recording their own songs. On January 17, 2019, there was a historic reconciliation, as the press called it, of long-time Maanam musicians: guitarist Ryszard Olesinski and drummer Paweł Markowski with Kamil Sipowicz husband of Kora on the functioning and use of the band's name. "Zloty Maanam" ceased operations and was replaced by "Ex Maanam".