Maciej Kitajewski

Polish double bass and bass guitar player. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland) in world - famous jazz bassists class – Michał Barański. He was awarded in 11 Polish and European jazz competitions. He recorded 7 albums with Polish jazz and pop artists as a sideman. He cooperated with many European and American jazz artists. In 2019 he recorded an album with American jazz guitarist Mike Moreno as a member of Adam Jarzmik Quintet (Adam Jarzmik Quintet feat. Mike Moreno - „On The Way Home”) and played a tour in Poland with Moreno and the band. Few months later he played a tour in Poland with legendary American jazz guitarist Ed Cherry (member of last Dizzy Gillespie’s band). He also played with many Polish Jazz stars like Piotr Wojtasik, Grzegorz Nagórski, Wojciech Myrczek, Arek Skolik and many others.

Awards

- 2015 3rd prize at Żilina International Jazz Contest in Żilina, Slovakia (Ludovit Kotlar Trio) - 2016 2nd prize at 52. Jazz nad Odrą Festival in Wrocław, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2016 1st prize at VII RCK Pro Jazz Festiwal in Kołobrzeg, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2016 2nd prize at Żilina International Jazz Contest in Żilina, Slovakia (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2016 1st prize at Blue Note Jazz Competition in Poznań, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2017 1st prize at 19. Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa in Bielsko-Biała, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2017 1st prize at 53. Jazz nad Odrą Festival in Wrocław, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2017 2nd prize at Big Sky Jazz Festival in Moskow, Russia (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2017 1st prize at Klucz do kariery in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland (Adam Jarzmik Quintet) - 2017 3rd prize at Krokus Jazz Festival in Jelenia Góra, Poland (Łukasz Kokoszko Collective) - 2019 1st prize at Krokus Jazz Festival in Jelenia Góra, Poland (Michalska/Jarzmik Quintet)

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