Results for "Piotr Damasiewicz"

Piotr Damasiewicz

Jazztopad 2019

by Henning Bolte
February 15, 2020

Vincent Courtois Trio Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music, Mleczarnia Club Jazztopad Wroclaw November 21-24, 2019 On my arrival in Wroclaw, on the way to the reverend National Forum of Music (NFM), the first familiar face I met in the street was Mateusz Rybicki, a musician that has ...

Polska

By Piotr Damasiewicz

Label: Astigmatic
Released: 2019
Track listing: Billy; Kleofas; Polska 1; Polska 11; Psalm For William Parker.

Piotr Damasiewicz & Power Of The Horns Ensemble: Polska

by Chris May
December 8, 2019

Poland's jazz tradition is perhaps the deepest rooted in all of Europe. Only Britain can rival it. But unlike British jazz, Polish jazz began in part as a declaration of protest against slavery and repression, as did that of its American parent, and this has given it a special quality. The slavery and repression were occasioned ...

JAZZTOPAD 2018

by Henning Bolte
February 16, 2019

Jazztopad Festival Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music National Forum of Music, Club Mleczarnia November 21-25, 2018 Jazztopad is the annual Jazz Festival of Poland's Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. Wroclaw, a vibrant, hip, internationally oriented city that never sleeps, has character, lots of peculiar neighborhoods, populated by ...

A tribute to Hamiet Bluiett, and new releases

by Bob Osborne
October 25, 2018

A large part of this show features a tribute to the late Hamiet Bluiett, one of the pre-eminent exponents of the baritone saxophone known for his outstanding solo work and a key member of the World Saxophone Quartet. There are also a selection of new releases with some highlights from the ECM back catalogue.

3rd Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition

by Ian Patterson
August 9, 2018

3rd Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music Luslawice/Kraków Poland July 25-28, 2018 “An international jazz violin competition? Really?" That is usually came as a surprise to the applicants, and eventual participants themselves, that an international jazz violin competition should exist says a lot about the ...

Jazzahead! 2018

by Henning Bolte
May 3, 2018

Bremen Trade Fair Hall Jazzahead! Bremen, Germany April 21-23, 2018 Jazzahead!, the three-day annual jazz marketplace marketplace of/for jazz in the Hanseatic city of Bremen in North-Western Germany with 3,283 participants from 61 countries stood strong and steady again this year. A total of 40 showcases over three ...

Piotr Turkiewicz: Putting Wroclaw On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
September 18, 2017

At just thirty seven years of age it's hard to believe that Piotr Turkiewicz has been pulling the strings of Jazztopad for almost a decade already. The festival, staged each November in the Polish city of Wroclaw, was already a few years old when Turkiewicz became Artistic Director in 2008, but under the canny stewardship of ...

Jazztopad 2015: World Premieres

by Ian Patterson
December 17, 2015

Jazztopad 2015: World Premieres National Forum Of Music jny:Wroclaw, Poland November 27-29, 2015 November in Wroclaw means jazz. Ten days no less. Jazztopad, however, is more than just another jazz festival. A core component of the programme since Piotr Turkiewicz took up the reins as Artistic Director in 2008 ...