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Krzysztof Majchrzak

Musician, composer, producer

About Me

Musician, composer and producer Bass virtuoso, inventor of his own unique sounds,

After a period of active participation in the creation of a new wave of Polish jazz, he has settled in France. His musical universe is at the crossroads of different musical cultures and different sources of inspiration from contemporary music through harmolodic to rock, jazz and ethnic music

He's led and confounded many musical projects, as “WESTON - MAJCHRZAK - GEMBALSKI MAGIC HANDS ORKESTRA”, LABIRYNT , GEMBALSKI - MAJCHRZAK - ZDUNIAK, STREET BLUES , DUNE, LONELY KOSMIKS , TIE BREAK, SUNSET, MAJCHRZAK PROJEKT, NEW JAZZ BAND, SYMPHONIC SOUND ORCHESTRA,Exagere-Moi-Ensemble, LES LAST X, Poesique,Tom Bergeron QUARTET. He played with : G.Calvin Weston, Pete Drungle, Philippe Garcia,Tom Bergeron, Pascal Boudreault, Henryk Gembalski, Michal Zduniak, Adam Buczek, Alek Korecki, Michel Godard, Keller Cocker, Walter Lang, Rick Hollander, Stephane Lambert, Mel Brown,Ryszard Stla, Wojciech Konikiewicz, Christopher Woitach, Kinior, ….. Participated in tours and festivals in Poland, France, United States, Canada, Germany like “Montreal Jazz Festival”, “Nancy Jazz Pulsations”, “Festival d’été in Quebec City” ,”Jazz Jamboree”, “Jazz nad Odra”, “Garden Blues”, “Jazz a Vienne”, “Francofolie French music festival in La Rochelle” .... invited “Jazz Festival Leverkusen”, “Jazz Festival Bolzano”....

He took part in concerts organized by France Inter, Radio France Internationale and Europe1 , and even appeared in a TV5 Canadian TV show and in USA television program/podcast for PJJ-TV in Portland

Majchrzak attaches great significance to improvisation, thus plays prepared bass, and often includes ethnic elements into his compositions. He's been in constant search for original and unique sounds and has opposed the repeating of jazz patterns.

“Krzysztof Majchrzak. … inventor of his own sound and Master of the improvisation on the prepared bass “

Elzbieta Sobolewska JAZZi MAGAZINE

“Krzysztof Majchrzak plays so good that it’s difficult to find a reference in all Polish phonography. Some records with his participation I heard prove that it is great and excellent musician”. Jakub Herbst JAZZi MAGAZINE

“Krzysztof Majchrzak, Polish also (…) his bass in hands seems also to be in another world when he begins one of his tasty solos. ”L’EST REPUBLICAIN

“This evening will remain in the history of the theatre, as an invitation to the travel in a universe where jazz, contemporary harmonic research, Polish popular melodies and electric music are constant sources of original and inspired improvisation”.

LA TRIBUNE – LE PROGRES

“Bassist Majchrzak composed many of the pieces they performed. They were all deep, complex, and in your face. He plays with such delight and joy, it draws the audience in and you gradually understand the emotion of the piece, which is a collection of sounds unheard before by this avid listener. He has an original approach to the electric bass guitar that is entirely compelling”.

Jim Corcoran (jc) JAZZ SOCIETY of OREGON 2006

“Strange meters, like 7/4, then jumping to 4/4, just to keep you on your toes, it seemed. Icebergs by Krzysztof Majchrzak — beautiful and very challenging. All the pieces I heard in the set and a half that I was there for, were in this manner of work, sometimes more than a little atonal, or multi-tonal, still extremely organized and expressive”.

Jim Corcoran (jc) JAZZ SOCIETY of OREGON 2006

“Another strong point of this concert was Krzysztof Majchrzak which played electric bass with virtuosity, creating at the same time true show.”

Gazeta Wyborcza 18/04/2001

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