Results for "Krzysztof Medyna"

Live In New York City 1993-95

By Breakwater

Label: WM Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tail Peace; In the Bush; Blind Warriors, Killer Joe; Quick Sand; Looking Ahead; Elutka; No Vacancy, Quick Sand studio recording.

Breakwater

By Andrzej Winnicki

Label: GAD Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: W niedziele; Koleda; Falochron; Looking out for number 7; Pilot Pirx; Oblok Magellana II; Brak Kwater; Duet i juz; Temat z koncowka; Pierwsza odpowiedz sie liczy.

Krystof Medyna

Born: April 18, 1949

KRYSTOF (Krzysztof) MEDYNA was born on April 18, 1949, in Jelenia Góra. He displayed musical talent from childhood. He grew up in a family with a long musical tradition. His grandfather, Aleksander Szwarc, was the conductor of the Representative Orchestra of the Polish Army. His mother studied piano at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music but did not complete her studies due to the outbreak of war.

Krzysztof initially studied piano, then clarinet. He quickly became interested in jazz. Like most of his generation, he explored the mysteries of this music through Willis Conover's famous radio broadcasts, the Voice of America Jazz Hour. He learned his musical skills from a group of Szczecin jazz musicians.

From a Familiar Place

By Jeremy Pelt

Label: WM Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: From a Familiar Place; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Blind Warriors; On Sunday, After Church; Take Five; Das Bounce; Grass Hoppers; Praeludium; Looking Ahead.

WM Project: From a Familiar Place

by Dan McClenaghan
December 23, 2017

The WM Project, led by saxophonist Krzysztof Medyna and pianist Andrzej Winnicki, doesn't sound much like the Komeda Project. Medyna and Winnicki have earned well-deserved acclaim for their work in that ensemble that explores the music of their countryman, Krzysztof Komeda. But here, instead of the Polish melancholy, haunting themes and brooding melodies, they take From ...

In the Bush

By Andrzej Winnicki

Label: WM Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Happy Song; Breakwater; Blind Warriors; Yellow Weather; Looking Ahead; Elutka; Close to Home; In the Bush; Mad Maid; And We Call It Jazz; Quick Sand; Elutka (full band version);

Requiem

By Andrzej Winnicki

Label: WM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Night-Time, Daytime Requiem; Ballad for Bernt; Dirge for Europe; Astigmatic; Elutka; Prayer and Question; Litania; Anubis

Komeda Project Returns with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits For Requiem, a Contemporary Tribute to the Music of Renowned Polish Composer/Pianist Krzysztof Komeda 40 Years After His Death

September 24, 2009

"…this is a jazz album, and what matters is how these musicians make Komeda's music their own. Russ Johnson's trumpet work is creative and diverse. Krzysztof Medyna is a powerful, hair-raising reed player. Pianist Andrzej Winnicki plays solos made of sudden shifts that all cohere…" — Thomas Conrad, Stereophile (review of group’s debut Crazy Girl) “Andrzej's ...

Crazy Girl

By Komeda Project

Label: WM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Crazy Girl; Kattorna; Ballada; Is That Your Final Answer?; Svantetic Prelude; Svantetic; Tail Peace; Stop Time; Sleep Safe and Warm.