PIOTR SCHMIDT QUARTET – KOMEDA UNKNOWN 1967

Harris Piano Jazz Bar 25-th anniversary

Piotr Schmidt – trumpet
Bartek Pieszka – vibraphone
Michał Barański – double bass
Sebastian Kuchczyński – drums

*tickets: 60/65 pln

PIOTR SCHMIDT

Born in 1985, Piotr Schmidt is a jazz tumpeter, music producer and publisher, band leader, and lecturer at the Jazz Institute of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa and the Katowice Academy of Music, where in 2016 he gained a doctoral degree in Music. Piotr is the recipient of the Award of the President of Gliwice for achievements in the field of artistic creation, dissemination and protection of culture (2012) and the Occasional Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2013). In 2006 he won a scholarship to University of Louisville, Kentucky and early in his career (2006-2010) he won many individual awards at various prestigious international jazz competitions:

• Best Musician at the 2008 and 2009 Jazz nad Odrą competitions in Wrocław, Poland,
• Best Musician at the 2008 1st Tarnów Jazz Contest, Tarnów, Poland,
• Third place at the 2008 Zmagania Jazzowe in Szczecin, Poland,
• Grand Prix at the 2010 Novum Jazz Festival in Łomża, Poland,
• Best Soloist at the XXXIV Getxo Jazz Festival, Spain in 2010.

His bands received the following accolades:

• Grand Prix at the 30th International Contest of Young Jazz Groups Jazz Juniors, Kraków 2006
• Grand Prix at the 1st Tarnów Jazz Contest in 2008
• Grand Prix at the Krokus Jazz Festival, Jelenia Góra 2008
• Grand Prix at the 12th National Review of Young Jazz and Blues Groups, Gdynia 2009,
• Second place at the 32nd Hoeilaart Jazz Festival, Belgium 2010
• Grand Prix and Audience Award in XXXIV Getxo Jazz Festival, Spain 2010

To date, Piotr has produced and published nine own albums, including three with Piotr Schmidt Electric Group (aka Schmidt Electric). For the past six years Piotr has ranked among the best four jazz trumpeters in the annual Jazz Top poll of the Jazz Forum magazine and in 2012 and 2015 he ranked third.

Among Piotr’s many collaborators are: Walter Smith III, Alex Hutchings, Ernesto Simpson, Grzegorz Nagórski, Dante Luciani, Maciej Sikała, Piotr Baron, Wiesław Pieregorólka, Grzech Piotrowski, Wojciech Karolak, Wojciech Myrczek, Apostolis Anthimos, Marek Napiórkowski, Dominik Wania, Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Paweł Tomaszewski, Kazimierz Jonkisz, and Michał Barański. Piotr has also worked with such popularly acclaimed artists as Krystyna Prońko, Ewa Bem, Kuba Badach, Ten Typ Mes (Piotr Szmidt) i Miuosh.

As publisher and producer, Piotr Schmidt has created SJ Records through which, in the six years of existence, he has published 25 albums well regarded by music fans and professionals.

www.schmidtjazz.com