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Live at Jazz nad Odra

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Blues for Albert E.; Shadaj; All Blues; Embarcadero; Think of One; Song for Sara; Getting Around.

Album

Label: Fuzzy Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Disc 1: Have You Met Miss Jones?; All The Things You Are; Dedicated to Michael Brecker; Twelve; I Hear a Rhapsody; Tutti Italiani; The Honeymoon. Disc 2: Like Someone in Love; Invitation; I Want to Talk About You; Hey Open Up; Agrodolce; Have You Met Miss Jones?; The Honeymoon. Disc 3: I'll Remember April; Equinox; To My Papa; It Will Happen To You; Sky Shines on an August Sunday; Have You Met Miss Jones?

Article: SoCal Jazz

Darek Oleszkiewicz: Rolls-Royce Groovin'

by Jim Worsley
December 30, 2019

Inspiring greatness has long been the two-word association with the grand luxury of Rolls-Royce. Britain's entry into automobile finery has thus become benchmark terminology. To hear bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz interact, navigate, and improvise with today's finest jazz musicians is to understand why he has been deemed the Rolls-Royce of the modern day upright. Carrying the torch ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Garzone, Erskine, Pasqua, Oleskiewicz Live at Sam First

by Jim Worsley
November 4, 2019

The venue in which you see and hear a performance has always mattered. Perhaps much more so than most people realize or even think about. Acoustics, ambiance, and comfort have always been important. In recent years you see more and more listening rooms popping up. Why? Well, neither acoustics nor talented musicians making great music matter ...

Article: Album Review

Darek Oleszkiewicz: Blues For Charlie

Read "Blues For Charlie" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
October 22, 2019

The serious jazz musician or listener will tell you that to hear the music that prolific bassist Charlie Haden left us, is to be given a rare gift. Haden's extraordinary abilities first made an impact in the 1950s. Perhaps best known for his work with the Ornette Coleman Quartet, Haden's most influential mark was in the ...

Article: Album Review

Roberta Piket: West Coast Trio

Read "West Coast Trio" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
March 24, 2018

This album brings together New York-based pianist Roberta Piket with two outstanding musicians from the Los Angeles area: bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz and drummer Joe La Barbera. Hence the title “Roberta Piket: West Coast Trio." To spice things up, Piket brought along her long-time cohort Billy Mintz on percussion on one track, and special guest guitarist Larry ...

News: Recording

Pianist Roberta Piket Revisits Jazz Trio Format With The April 6 Release Of "West Coast Trio," Featuring Joe La Barbera & Darek Oleszkiewicz

April 6, 2018

Roberta Piket, one of the most virtuosic and versatile pianists on the current international jazz scene, revisits the iconic jazz piano trio format with the April 6 release of West Coast Trio on her label Thirteenth Note Records. Joining Piket is the consummate rhythm section of drummer Joe La Barbera and bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz—part of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Yelena Eckemoff: In The Shadow Of A Cloud

Read "In The Shadow Of A Cloud" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 14, 2017

She may rarely perform live in this context, but Yelena Eckemoff has managed to build, over just seven years and a mammoth eleven releases--including her second release of 2017, In the Shadow of a Cloud--a loyal and growing following in the jazz world. It's all the more remarkable for a multi-talented expat Russian pianist who began ...

Album

Blues For Charlie

By Darek Oles

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Law Years; Body And Soul; Lonely Woman; Blues For Charlie; First Song; Solid Jackson!; Silence; Pocket Full Of Cherry; Modlitwa.

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Article: Catching Up With

Yelena Eckemoff: Growing Into Jazz

by Mark Sullivan
November 10, 2015

Pianist/composer Yelena Eckemoff goes her own way. Since the 2010 release of Cold Sun on her own L&H Production label, she has produced a series of jazz recordings, all presenting original music, with an impressive array of renowned contemporary musicians. Our conversation mainly dealt with her recording career: making connections with other musicians, composing, and working ...