Jazz Articles about Tomasz Dabrowski

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Ciechelski, Dąbrowski, Drabek, Ber at The 18th Summer Jazz Academy

by Marek J. Śmietański
August 5, 2025

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Scandinavian Art Ensemble with Tomasz Stańko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1

by Angelo Leonardi
July 14, 2025

Questo è il primo volume di una coppia di album che documentano la registrazione del febbraio 2016 dell'allora 74enne Tomasz Stańko con un ensemble di giovani strumentisti scandinavi e polacchi a Copenhagen. Il trombettista aveva condotto con loro un workshop l'anno prima a Vallekilde Højskole--sempre in Danimarca--organizzato dalla Danish Jazz Union “JazzDanmark." Vista la positiva esperienza avevano programmato un seguito. Dopo una prima esibizione all'Hotel Cecil di Copenhagen la session in questione si ebbe il 19 febbraio al ...

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Scandinavian Art Ensemble with Tomasz Stańko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1

by Troy Dostert
May 18, 2025

Although trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko sadly left us in 2018, there are fortunately plenty of signs that his recorded legacy is still unfolding. In 2024 his sparkling release, September Night (ECM), documenting a live engagement from 2004, reminded us of the distinctive emotional vibrancy of this most sensitive of modern trumpeters. And now we have the first of a planned two-volume release, courtesy of a 2015 residency Stańko spent in Denmark with the Scandinavian Art Ensemble. Not only does this ...

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Kathrine Windfeld Sextet: Aldebaran

by Neil Duggan
July 4, 2024

Danish composer, arranger and pianist Kathrine Windfeld is held in high regard as the leader of her contemporary big band, having released four albums to international acclaim. She also works with other band formats, including the Kathrine Windfeld Sextet. Aldebaran is her debut recording with the sextet and is named after one of the stars in the Taurus constellation. The band consists of leading young musicians from Scandinavia and Poland. Windfeld, who has collaborated with artists of the ...

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Tomasz Dąbrowski: Elevating Jazz Storytelling

by Matthew Vasiliauskas
November 10, 2023

Joseph Stalin famously said, “Music's a good thing. It calms the beast in the man." For Stalin though, not all music produced peace and serenity. In his eyes, certain types of music could just as easily act as the beast itself; ready to attack and tear apart the society around it. Perhaps the form of music that generated the most concern during the Stalinist era was jazz. According to historian Martin Lüke, jazz in the USSR between 1920 ...

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Tomasz Dabrowski, James Singleton & Dave Gisler

by Maurice Hogue
April 6, 2022

Like most Polish trumpet players influenced by the late Tomasz Stanko, Tomasz Dabrowski fell heavily under Stanko's spell, but he also was blessed to study with the master and to have him as a mentor. It was probably a huge thrill to be able to play one of Stanko's horns while recording his latest, Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual Beings. It's a feature album of this edition of OMJ. Other excellent new releases sampled come from bassist James Singleton, guitarist ...

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Tomasz Dąbrowski FREE4ARTS: When I Come Across

by Troy Dostert
February 1, 2020

A musician who has frequently changed creative directions, trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski takes yet another uncharted path with his latest FREE4ARTS album, When I Come Across. With erstwhile pianist Jacob Anderskov moving aside for guitarist Simon Krebs, this version of the band now possesses a grittier, rock-inflected sound. With frequent Dabrowski colleague Sven Dam Meinild switching from alto to baritone sax, unique sonorities become possible as well, resulting in music with a subtle beauty in the midst of its edgy grooves. ...