Breakwater

Their musical roots in Poland, which boasts a prolific jazz community, the band's founders Andrzej Winnicki and Krzysztof Medyna toured Europe extensively during the early 1980's with the original Breakwater. The group was featured at European jazz festivals, won international jazz competitions, and was broadcast on national television and radio. Later, Medyna also performed as a member of the group In/Formation. This group frequently toured on a double bill with the ECM recording artist Tomasz Stanko.
Breakwater was revived in the US in 1993 as Electric Breakwater in a Polish-American lineup with Holden Nagelberg on bass and Lee Jeffryes on drums. In 1994 Dave Anthony joined the band, replacing Lee as the group's drummer.

In 1999 the group (under the name Electric Breakwater), with Holden Nagelberg on bass and Dave Anthony on drums released "In The Bush". The album also features bassist Mark Egan (known for his unique fretless bass sound and style, who has played with Pat Metheny, the Gill Evans Orchestra, David Sanborn, the group Elements and with other outstanding representatives of the world of jazz) on tracks 1, 2, 7 and drummer Rodney Holmes (known to jazz fans for his performances with Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, the Brecker Brothers, Special Effect, and Steps Ahead) on tracks 1-3, 5, 7 and 10.

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