Jazz Articles about Adam Makowicz

About Adam Makowicz

Album Review

Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

Read "Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
February 24, 2026

In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society demanded the opposite from individuals; they were expected to be just another part of the machine. Universal conformity was the goal, and since jazz ...

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Album Review

Adam Makowicz and Leszek Mozdzer: Makowicz vs. Mozdzer at Carnegie Hall

Read "Makowicz vs. Mozdzer at Carnegie Hall" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
May 6, 2005

Adam Makowicz has such phenomenal technique at the keyboard that it sometimes sounds as if he's playing with four hands. On his latest album there really are four hands at work, though two of them belong to fellow Polish piano sensation Leszek Mozdzer. Their solo and duet excursions on Chopin and popular standards, recorded live at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall last year, make for one of the most stunning showcases of piano virtuosity in recent memory. Makowicz, ...