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MUSICIAN Born: August 15, 1976

Przemyslaw Straczek

Przemysław Strączek is a Polish jazz guitarist, composer, arranger,educationalist who graduated from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, alaureate of the Marek Bliziński Jazz Guitarist Master Competition in Warsaw, one of the seven finalists of Thailand International Jazz Conference Solo Competition inBangkok (jury: Danilo Perez, Ben Street, Adam Cruz) For the past few years he has been considered one of the best Polish guitarists in the Jazz Top ranking, as picked by the readers of Jazz Forum. In 2013 Strączek received a Special Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for artistic achievements.  The participant in two programmes: the Polish Culture in the World,organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute; and the Scottish Jazz Association of Bridge Music. He gave concerts in many social and cultural centers, as well as jazz festivals in Poland (including Summer Jazz Festival in Piwinica pod Baranami,Jazz in Ruins in Gliwice, Around Jazz in Katowice, The Cracow’s Soul Day, Jazz in here - Warsaw), the Czech Republic (International Jazz Festival in Usti nad Labem), Spain, Great Britain (London Jazz Festival), the USA, Thailand (Thailand International Jazz Conference) and Scotland (Bridge Music 2014), Singapore and Malaysia

ALBUM

Fig Tree

By PRZEMYSLAW STRACZEK

Label: Es Art
Released: 2020
Track listing: Suspended; Szept; Drzewo Figowe; Dualistic; Dwa; Paralotnia; Indygo Child; Lustro.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW April 7, 2020

Przemyslaw Straczek: Fig Tree

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

Some jazz guitarists try to bring a fresh perspective to their craft via a crowd of effects pedals. Others incorporate influences of modern popular music in order to create something new. In some cases they'll do both. On his sixth album as a leader, the Polish guitarist Przemyslaw Straczek more or less chooses to stay within ...

TRACK OF THE DAY February 19, 2020