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PAWEŁ KACZMARCZYK – DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC: ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT
11 Apr 21:30
PLN35 - PLN45Wydarzenie Nawigacja
III DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC NIGHTS
CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR
KACZMARCZYK/SMOCZYŃSKI/REK/DZIEDZIC
Directions In Music: ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT
Mateusz Smoczyński – violin
Paweł Kaczmarczyk – piano
Vitold Rek – double bass
Krzysztof Dziedzic – drums
Tickets: 35 pln (presale till 31.03, students)/45 pln
4-day tickets: 120 pln (till 31.03)
DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC
Directions In Music is a project launched by Paweł Kaczmarczyk in September 2010, that is a tribute to works of the greatest jazz musicians. The rhythm section is created by the musicians of the Audiofeeling Band, whereas the guests are thematically related to the work of the artist that is presented. Each concert serves not only a meeting with the history of jazz music but also gives a unique opportunity to listen to (live!) the outstanding guests of Paweł Kaczmarczyk.
ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT
(1946-1979)
Zbigniew Seifert was one of the most original and important Polish jazz musicians.
He took his first steps as a musician in childhood, starting to play the violin at the age of 6. Starting in high school, he simultaneously took alto saxophone lessons. He was regarded as one of the most gifted students of Fryderyk Chopin’s Musical High School in Kraków, from which he graduated with honours in 1970.
Besides his classical education Zbigniew Seifert was fascinated with John Coltrane’s music. In the mid-1960s he even founded a quartet very similar to the renowned Coltrane’s combo and from then was always close to the ideas, spirituality and principles which emanated from his idol’s music.
In 1967 he joined the group of Tomasz Stańko, with whom he cooperated until late 1973. During these years he eventually gave up playing saxophone in order to devote himself fully to violin and started to develop his own musical ideas and form his own distinctive bands.
One of them was a quartet comprising of Jan Gonciarczyk on bass, Jan Jarczyk on piano and Janusz Stefański on drums. Their début in 1968 at the Festiwal Jazz nad Odrą (Jazz on the Oder Festival) was warmly received and one year later they placed first in the ‘best band’ category with Seifert as runner up for best soloist. In the same year, the quartet performed at the Hungarian festival Nagykőrős where Seifert was unanimously voted the best soloist. Titles and awards opened the way to Europe and in the subsequent year the quartet often toured Western Europe, visiting West Germany especially frequently.
Seifert, both as a band-leader and as a significant member of the Tomasz Stańko’s group, soon became a noteworthy character on the European jazz scene. He was invited to tour with the most important musicians of that decade including Albert Mangelsdorff, Joachim Kühn, Chris Hinze and Wolfang Dauner. He also managed to attract the attention of American jazz stars Charlie Mariano and the great McCoy Tyner.
His successful appearances at many European festivals and stages resulted in Seifert being offered recording contracts from various labels. The queue included Capitol Records and Joachim Ernst Berendt – the most important European Jazz Promoter who, by that time, had started his own recording company: Musik Production Schwarzwald. Seifert decided to accept Berendt’s offer and by that means his opus magnus Man Of The Light came to life. It was so well received that it not only made Seifert receive invitations to perform at most important festivals around Europe but also allowed him to enter the ‘Jazz Olympia’ i.e. Monterey Jazz Festival, where he performed with Modern Jazz Quartet founder John Lewis. His appearance was so original that the news about the Polish fiddler immediately spread among American jazz musicians. They used to say that he played the violin just like Coltrane would have, had he been a violinist.
Soon he started playing in the “big league” alongside such luminaries as John Scofield, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette, Richie Beirach and Nana Vasconselos (all of whom featured on his Passion). He managed to invite the Brecker brothers (Michael and Randy) and Philipe Catherine to the recording session of Zbigniew Seifert. John Fadis joined him on the Zbigniew Seifert album, while he played with the Oregon ensemble on Violin.
His promising career was brutally truncated by disease. His struggle with cancer was short, even though he fought with optimism and persistence. Zbigniew Seifert died in Buffalo, New York on February 15th in 1979, aged just 32.
PAWEŁ KACZMARCZYK
b. February 8, 1984 in Krakow, Poland – Polish pianist, arranger, composer and sideman.
“Listening to the way Paweł Kaczmarczyk gets sounds out of the keys, we can understand what full-blooded, completely engaged jazz piano playing is all about.”Howard Reich – CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The artist’s third album “Complexity in Simplicity”, issued by the prestigious label ACT Music, opened the door to an international career for the pianist. The album was recognized as “Album of The Year”, and Paweł Kaczmarczyk named “Pianist of The Year”. (JAZZ FORUM)
Winner of the “Gazeta Wyborcza’s Cultural Flights” award, in the“Artist of The Year 2009” category, and recipient of the Jazz Music Lovers’ Grand Prix “Jazz Oscars”in the New Hope, Artist and Album of The Yearcategories.
Twice nominated for a “FRYDERYK” award, in the Jazz Musician of The Year and Phonographic Debut of The Year categories.
Actively performs in every part of the world, including Europe, the USA, India, Africa, Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Has appeared and worked with many world-renowned artists, including Lee Konitz, Jon Christensen, Mino Cinelu, Emil Mangelsdorff, Poogie Bell, Hadrien Feraud, Eivind Aarset, Arild Andersen, Theodosii Spassov, Janusz Muniak, Piotr Wojtasik, Adam Pierończyk, and Zbigniew Namysłowski, among others.
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