KALETKA/PAŁKA/PARKER/DOBOSZ

Marcin Kaletka – sax
Mateusz Pałka – piano
Mike Parker (US) – double bass
Patryk Dobosz – drums

tickets: 15/20

MARCIN KALETKA

Marcin Kaletka, born in 1986, tenor saxophonist – a graduate of the Institute of Jazz Academy of Music in Katowice and the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, USA. Winner of several awards at festivals and jazz competitions in the country and abroad. He has also recorded three albums with the Wierba & Schmidt Quintet: „Maya” (2009), „Live in Getxo” (2010), „Black Monolith” (2011) and the album with vocalist Wojciech Myrczek „We’ll Be Together Again” (2010).

http://www.marcinkaletka.com/

MIKE PARKER

A native of New York, Mike began his professional career at the age of 17 playing funk and rock gigs in New York City clubs. Now at the age of 28, he has toured all over Europe and America with both jazz and rock groups, won several international contests and awards, studied with and played with some of the greatest musicians alive, and recorded 3 albums of his own compositions.

Mike attended Skidmore College where he studied Evolutionary Psychology and Music and spent a semester abroad studying Jazz Bass at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. At Skidmore, Mike performed in the school’s classical and jazz ensembles and soon began playing professionally with the school’s professors and the area’s best jazz musicians. He studied with such notable bassists as Scott Colley, Reid Anderson, and Reubin Rogers and had the opportunity to perform with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, including John Scofield, Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez, and Eric Harland. Upon graduating with Highest Honors in 2010, Mike received the Joseph Garrison Parker Prize for excellence in both science and the arts and was given a Periclean Award for his outstanding senior concert.

After graduating, Mike traveled extensively around Europe before settling in Krakow, Poland where he discovered a young and vibrant jazz scene. Since then, Mike has had many fruitful collaborations there including recording his second album of original material (‘Embrace the Wild’) and winning 2 international jazz contests (2012 Tarnow International Jazz Competition, 2012 Jazz Juniors International Jazz Competition). Mike now calls both New York and Krakow home when he is not on tour. He performs on both upright and electric bass as a member of several touring groups including the ‘Nat Osborn Band’, ‘Arctica’, and his own ‘Unified Theory’ and ‘Trio Theory’ projects.

http://www.mptheory.com/