MAJEWSKI/WYLEŻOŁ/KOWALEWSKI/DOBOSZ QUARTET

Robert Majewski – trumpet

Piotr Wyleżoł – piano

Adam “Szabas” Kowalewski – double bass

Patryk Dobosz – drums

TICKETS: 25/30 pln

After the concert there will be late night  jam session (as part of Jazz Juniors Festival).

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ROBERT MAJEWSKI

Robert Majewski is one of the best Polish jazz trumpet players. During his 30-year long career he performed with the real masters of Polish jazz scene as well as world-renowned jazzmen such as: N.H.O. Pedersen, Clark Terry. Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove, Palle Danielsson Gary Bartz, Mino Cinelu, Nils Landgren, Billy Hart, Bobo Stenson or Joey Baron.

His musical versatility and jazz artistry have made him an excellent sideman to co-operate and perform with the best singing artists, among others with Ewa Bem, Hanna Banaszak, Katarzyna Groniec, Anna Maria Jopek, Kasia Kowalską, Grzegorz Turnau, Marek Grechuta, Grzegorz Ciechowski and Michał Bajor. He also worked with film music composers such as Zbigniew Preisner, Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz and Krzesimir Dębski.

He’s a prize winner of numerous national and international competitions such as: Kraków Jazz Juniors 1983 1st team prize (New Presentation band), Leverkusen 1985 1st team prize (New Presentation band), Leverkusen 1992 1st prize for the best soloist (together with Tomasz Gąssowski’s In Spector band).

In 1995 he recorded his first authorial album „Robert Majewski plays Komeda”. The album earned high praise of both the critics and the audience, while its performance at Jazz Open Festival in Stuttgart drew a standing ovation and was recorded on DVD.

In 1997 Robert Majewski Quintet’s album „Coś dla ludzi” [Something for the people] was released. There, he proved himself to be an outstanding instrumentalist and extraordinary composer. His latest album „My One And Only Love”, released in February 2011, was rewarded the Fryderyk Prize 2012 for the Best Jazz Album. Among the artists who took part in that recording were world-renowned jazzmen Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson and Joey Baron.

He performed in a leading role in „Pogłos”, a movie directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, which was a fascinating experience in his artistic career. The movie was then awarded at the Jazz Film Salon in Warsaw.

Robert Majewski continued the family tradition with the Old Timers Band, an ensemble formed by his late father, Henryk Majewski.

Additionally, he teaches trumpet at Jazz Department and Henryk Majewski Jazz College at the Music School in Warsaw (ul. Bednarska). In 2008-2012 he was an instructor at the Jazz Institute of the P.W.S.Z. in Nysa.

For over 25 years he’s been sharing his knowledge and artistry with the participants of jazz workshops in Chodzież, Puławy, Brzozowice, Leszno and many others.

PIOTR WYLEŻOŁ

Polish pianist and composer.

Born December 6^th, 1976. As a child, he was already winning awards at national piano competitions in Poland and playing concerts with a classical repertoire. At 10 and 11 years old, he performed Mozart and Beethoven piano concertos with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rybnik, Poland.

In 1989, he completed the Karol and Antoni Szafranków Public Primary School of Music in Rybnik, in the piano class of Romana Fritzowa, and graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Public Secondary School of Music in Katowice in 1995, in the piano class of Irena Kryszczukajtis. In 2000, he received his diploma from the Katowice Academy of Music, where he studied piano under Wojciech Niedziela in the Department of Jazz and Popular Music.

He began his jazz performing career while still studying in Katowice, in groups led by Janusz Muniak, Jarek Śmietana and Marek Bałata, among others. As a student, he was also a laureate of numerous jazz competitions and festivals: Jazz Juniors in Krakow (1^st prize), the Jazz Standards Festival in Siedlce (1^st prize), the Pomeranian Jazz Autumn’s “Key to a Career” and Jazz on the Oder in Wrocław (individual award for best instrumentalist),  and the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Katowice.

Piotr Wyleżoł has led his own trio since beginning his activity as an artist. In 2001 his first CD as a leader was released, titled “Yearning” and recorded with Adam Kowalewski on bass, and Łukasz Żyta on drums. Even then, the music press was generous in its praise: “This is one of the most interesting debut albums to come out in some time. A trio of young Polish musicians has created a musical atmosphere on this CD which is on a par with some of the finest work in this genre.” (Jazz Forum, November 2001). In 2006 his second CD, “Piano Trio” (with Michał Barański on bass and Łukasz Żyta on drums) was released, and in 2009 the renowned label Fresh Sound Records released his third and latest project, “Children’s Episodes”. This CD was issued on that label’s New Talent series, which includes names like Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Chris Cheek, among others. It’s worth mentioning that Piotr Wyleżoł is the first Polish musician ever to have been included by Fresh Sound in this distinguished circle of musicians. “Children’s Episodes” was also nominated for a Fryderyk Award (Poland’s equivalent of a Grammy Award), in the Jazz Album of The Year category. Besides the trio studio albums, his discography also includes two live recordings as a leader. The first, “Quintet Live”, was released in 2010 and included guest musicians Adam Pierończyk on sax, and David Doruzka on guitar, while the second – titled “DuoDram” – is a piano duo concert with Sławek Jaskułke, recorded at the “Jazz in Gdynia” festival.

In the course of his presence on the professional jazz stage thus far, he has had occasion to work with a number of its leading figures, including: Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Nigel Kennedy, Steve Logan, Monty Waters, Bennie Maupin, Janis Siegel, Ed Schuller, Antymos Apostolis, Piotr Baron, Andrzej Cudzich, Urszula Dudziak, Kazimierz Jonkisz, Grzegorz Nagórski, Adam Pierończyk, Tomasz Szukalski, Tomasz Stańko, Mika Urbaniak, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, and others. He has worked regularly with Nigel Kennedy since 2005, taking part in the violinist’s own projects as well as performing classical concerts with him, playing harpsichord in a repertoire of Bach and Vivaldi.

Piotr Wyleżoł has performed at numerous concerts and festivals throughout Poland, as well as in several dozen various countries of the world. Besides his own CDs recorded as a leader and co-leader, he has participated in a significant number of recordings by other artists, and the number is constantly growing. He has also been teaching piano at the Krakow Academy of Music’s Jazz and Modern Music Department since 2007.

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