SCHMIDT/KALETKA QUINTET FEAT. PAWEŁ KACZMARCZYK

Piotr Schmidt – trąbka

Marcin Kaletka – sax

Paweł Kaczmarczyk – piano

Michał Kapczuk – kontrabas

Sebastian Kuchczyński – perkusja

WSTĘP: 20/25 pln

PIOTR SCHMIDT

(b.1985) – jazz trumpeter, graduate cum laude of the Jazz Institute at the Academy of Music, Katowice, Poland. He studied trumpet under the direction of Piotr Wojtasik. In 2006 he won a scholarship to University of Louisville, Kentucky. As an individual musician he received honourable mentions in the 2008 and 2009 Jazz nad Odrą competitions in Wrocław, and in the 2008 “I’st Tarnów Jazz Contest”. Tarnów Jazz Contest. He came third in the 2008 Zmagania Jazzowe in Szczecin, won Grand Prix in 2010 “Novum Jazz Festival” in Łomża and received an award for The Best Soloist in XXXIV Getxo Jazz Festival, Spain 2010.

http://www.schmidtjazz.com/piotrschmidt_pl.html

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).

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.

http://www.pawelkaczmarczyk.com/

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MICHAŁ KAPCZUK

Bassist, graduate of the Jazz Department at the Chopin Music School in Warsaw and the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. A leading force behind various musical projects, from pop and rock to jazz; also a sought-after sideman. Kapczuk’s projects have been awarded numerous awards in Poland and abroad. His individual mentions and awards include “Tarnów Jazz Contest 2008″, “Krokus Jazz Festival Jelenia Góra 2009″ and “Jazz Nad Odrą Wrocław 2010″. He is the recipiend of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s „Young Poland” grant. Kapczuk performed in various prestigious festivals in Poland as well as France, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Belgium, Holland, Spain, and Germany.

SEBASTIAN KUCHCZYŃSKI

Drummer, born 1986. He studied in Adam Buczek’s class at the Academy of Music in Katowice. He attended Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop in Louisville, Kentucky (USA), being taught by Ed Soph and Steve Davis. He won: – Prize for best soloist at Tarnow Jazz Contest in 2008, – Individual Special Award for the best talent of the festiwal at Tarnow Jazz Contest in 2008, – Individual distinction at Jazz Juniors in 2009 in Krakow, – Individual prize at “Jazz nad Odrą” in 2010 in Wroclaw, He cooperates with many Polish and International jazz groups, including Piotr Schmidt Electric Group, Piotr Wojtasik Quintet, Grzegorz Nagórski Quartet and Maciej Sikała Trio