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Piotr Schmidt (b.1985) – jazz trumpeter, band leader, music producer and publisher, lecturer at the Jazz Institutes of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa and the Katowice Academy of Music, where in 2016 he gained a doctoral degree in Music. In 2006 he won a scholarship to University of Louisville, Kentucky and early in his career (2006-2010) he won many individual awards and Grand Prix’s now being one of the most important jazz figures in Poland and middle Europe: · Best Musician at the 2008 and 2009 Jazz nad Odrą competitions in Wrocław, Poland · Best Musician at the 2008 1st Tarnów Jazz Contest, Tarnów, Poland · Third place at the 2008 Zmagania Jazzowe in Szczecin, Poland · Grand Prix at the 2010 Novum Jazz Festival in Łomża, Poland · Best Soloist at the XXXIV Getxo Jazz Festival, Spain in 2010. · Award of the President of Gliwice for achievements in the field of artistic creation, dissemination and protection of culture (2012) · Occasional Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2013) His band received the following accolades: · Grand Prix at the 30th International Contest of Young Jazz Groups Jazz Juniors, Kraków 2006 · Grand Prix at the 1st Tarnów Jazz Contest in 2008 · Grand Prix at the Krokus Jazz Festival, 2008 · Grand Prix at the 12th National Review of Young Jazz and Blues Groups, Gdynia 2009, · Second place at the 32nd Hoeilaart Jazz Festival, Belgium 2010 · Grand Prix and Audience Award in XXXIV Getxo Jazz Festival, Spain 2010. To date, Piotr has produced and published twelve own albums, including three with Schmidt Electric
Caroline Davis, Hery Paz & Niescier/Reid/Harris
by Maurice Hogue
Highlights: Captivity, the new recording by saxophonist Caroline Davis is a pointedly social justice album focused on creating reflection, interrogation and amplification of the essential conversation around incarceration, the prison industrial complex & abolition. It's a very powerful project. Another excellent alto player, Germany's Angelika Niescier hooked up with premier cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Savannah ...
Kresten Osgood, Adriano Clemente & Rempis Percussion Quartet
by Maurice Hogue
Danish drummer Kresten Osgood has always fascinated me with his versatility, and he's one of those do-everything cats: composer, saxophonist, singer, organizer, media host and rapper. But it's his drumming that gets the spotlight in this show with a peek at back catalogue plus a new release with iconic drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses and guitarist ...
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