“Anyone familiar with the legacy of Trio X,” writes the All Music Guide’s Steven Loewy, “knows the remarkable heights to which these musicians are capable. In truth, you could not ask for a more accomplished, in-sync set of musical partners. There is a near- perfect synergy among them, so much so that they seem to anticipate each other’s every move, almost like dancers who instinctively follow one another’s steps.” Trio X, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008, has toured and recorded prolifically over the past decade, including a half-dozen releases for the CIMP and Cadence labels.
Trzaska first officially joined forces with Trio X in November 2007 as a guest on the band’s tour of Poland, but he had already appeared on a trio CD with McPhee and Rosen called Intimate Conversations (Not Two) a year earlier. Although mostly unknown here in America, Trzaska was an architect of the yass movement in Polish jazz as a founding member of the group Milosc, and has collaborated with musicians across Europe and beyond, including Lester Bowie, Peter Brtzmann, Peter Friis Nielsen, Peter Ole Jorgensen, Tomasz Stanko, John Tchicai and Peeter Uuskyla among many others. He is also a film and theater composer.
2008 Fall Jazz Series Schedule:
09/19: Steve Lantner Trio
09/26: Conference Call
10/03: Ned Rothenberg's Sync
10/10: Shakers n' Bakers
10/17: Josh Roseman's Execution Quintet
10/24: Bad Touch
10/31: Magic (Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen/Mikolaj Trzaska)
11/07: George Schuller's Circle Wide
11/14: Jamie Baum Septet
11/21: Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings
12/05: The Flatlands Collective
12/12: Donny McCaslin Trio
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