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First, Before Dawn, now In the End of the Night – the first two albums by the Oddgeir Berg Trio essentially take place at the same time: The hours before the break of day, this unreal and meditative phase which the Portuguese call madrugada. Outwardly, not a lot has changed in terms of the music. In the End of the Night still featues an equally withdrawn and cinematic sound, subliminally resonating grooves as well as the bittersweet harmonies of Oddgeir Berg's piano. And yet, this album is definitely not without its surprises. Not a year has passed since the Oddgeir Berg Trio presented its debut. On paper, it looked like the work of three hungry young instrumentalists. In truth, the individual members had long established themselves as top-notch session musicians on the Norwegian scene. The courage to 'do their own thing' has paid off: The album received rapturous reviews in publications worldwide, from All About Jazz to Japanese mag JazzSpace and Germany's renowned Jazzthetik. On the ensuing tour, the band managed to magically translate the sound of this unique record to the stage. At the same time, they also opened themselves up to experimentation. Some of the results have now found their way to the new album. In the End of the Night certainly seems to be inspired by the suspenseful tight rope act of the live gigs. On the one hand, pieces like "List" still feature the recognisably intimate interaction between Berg, bassist Karl-Joakim Wisløff and drummer Klaus Blomvik. On "The Escape", meanwhile, the band add electronic sound effects to their palette, making Berg's minimalist piano motives sound like an electro bass.

Michael Kornas Trio to trójka przyjaciół, którzy poznali się na Akademii Muzycznej w Krakowie. Wykonują kompozycje lidera Michaela Kornasa oraz własne aranżacje standardów jazzowych, nie zamykając się przy tym stylistycznie na inne nurty. Wspólnie chcą dotrzeć do słuchaczy otwierając się dla nich na scenie i przekazując im swoje emocje. W maju 2018 roku nagrali w studio materiał na swój debiutancki album i planują wydać go w tym roku! Zagrają ten koncert wspólnie z Niemieckim Saxophonistą Maxim Frischmann ktory studiuje na Akademii Muzycznej w Lipsku!

Frederik Villmow Quartet is a band consisting of musicians from Germany and Norway. Frederik Villmow has an active role in Norways jazzscene. He is based in Trondheim, where he also met bassist Julian Haugland and pianist Philip Edwards Granly. Berlin-based saxophonist Marc Doffey completes the quartet. Frederik Villmow Quartet plays own compositions, inspired by jazz greats like John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner and Michael Brecker. They might pick some of their favorite standardtunes as well. In february 2019 the Frederik Villmow Quartet is playing concerts in Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. They are recording their debut album: Live at one of Europe's most legendary jazzclubs, Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen. Now they are ready for two nights at Piec Art Jazzclub in Krakow. Tour dates - february 2019 17.02. Antikvariatet, Trondheim (NO) 19.02. Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen (DK) 23.02. Herr Nilsen, Oslo (NO) 24.02. Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm (SWE) 26.02. B-flat Jazzclub, Berlin (GER) 27.02. Piec Art Jazzclub, Krakow (POL) 28.02. Piec Art Jazzclub, Krakow (POL) Check out: www.frederikvillmow.com Frederik Villmow Quartet on youtube: Frederik Villmow Quartet (live) Frederik Villmow Quartet on facebook: Frederik Villmow Quartet – facebook Follow on instagram: Frederik Villmow - Instagram

Polski kwartet w barwnej, instrumentalnej muzyce rockowej, wzmocnionej namiętnościami jazzu, zamglonej ziołami psychodelii, skręconej napięciami podziemnej muzyki rockowej. Muzyka zbudowana na pociągających riffach, uwodzącej pulsacji, intrygujących improwizacjach. Zmyślone obrazy, magiczne opowieści. Muzyka ucha trzeciego.

Bipolar Order to zespół powstały z inicjatywy saksofonisty Mateusza Chorążewicza oraz gitarzysty Jakuba Żołubaka. Repertuar grupy stanowią autorskie kompozycje czerpiące ze współczesnej młodej sceny jazzowej, inspirowane słowiańskim i skandynawskim folkiem oraz muzyką improwizowaną. Idea zespołu to połączenie brzmieniowe, w którym każdy z instrumentów traktowany jest równorzędnie, co podkreśla jedność i spójność wykonywanej muzyki.

Take three young jazz musicians, heaps of concentrated musicality, boundless passion and a pinch of humour; all which contribute to make the melodic jazz of the Silvan Joray Trio. On one side, there is a well-balanced band that harmonizes wonderfully with one another, and on the other, the catchy and imaginative compositions of the bandleader. The Trio entices the listener with verve and vitality, transporting them on a musical journey filled with moments of playful interaction, dreamy melodies and quick-flying rhythms. „The extraordinarily talented guitarist Silvan Joray has thoroughly absorbed the tradition and develops his own way of playing jazz out of it. He never stops to thrill me with his deep understanding of improvisation. His solos are very mellow and casual and he is telling stories that one wants to follow. His trio is a well-rehearsed sounding body that lives from consistent interaction and collective joy about creation. Recommended listening!“ Wolfgang Muthspiel, October 2017

Andrzej Kowalski Quartet to zespół złożony z muzyków zamieszkałych we Wrocławiu i Poznaniu. Zespół wykonuje przede wszystkim oryginalne kompozycje lidera będące wypadkową jego muzycznych fascynacji. Choć utwory są osadzone w stylistyce jazzowej, słychać w nich elementy innych gatunków takich jak muzyka klasyczna, muzyka elektroniczna, minimalizm czy rock. Andrzej Kowalski Quartet to laureaci programu “Jazzowy debiut fonograficzny” organizowanego przez Instytut Muzyki i Tańca. W związku z tym, w czerwcu 2019 roku ukaże się debiutancki album grupy. Zespół występował w polskich klubach muzycznych takich jak Blue Note w Poznaniu czy Vertigo we Wrocławiu oraz na zagranicznych festiwalach jazzowych: Dobro Jazz 2018 w Tulcea w Rumunii (koncert wieńczący trasę po Rumunii obejmującą występy w takich miastach jak Bukareszt czy Buzau) oraz Art Jazz 2018 na Ukrainie w miastach Łuck i Równe (koncert transmitowany przez ukraińską telewizję). Członkowie zespołu mogą poszczycić się nagrodami zarówno zespołowymi, jak i indywidualnymi na ogólnopolskich i międzynarodowych konkursach jazzowych takich jak: Blue Note Poznań Competition, Tarnów Jazz Contest, RCK Pro Jazz, Hanza Jazz Festiwal.

Giles is a jazz guitarist based in the Uk, Giles Plays in Bristol, London and the South West of England. He has been playing jazz and leading his own bands for many years. Giles currently plays with some of the finest musician the Uk has to offer. Giles Will be playing with the brilliant local musicians: Krystian Jaworsz - Keys and Piano Pawel Kluba - Bass Guitar Michal Peiker - Drums The Giles Barratt Quartet will be playing a selection of fine Blue Note inspired jazz from the 50s-60s. Playing such number from Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell , Wayne Shorter and so on. If you want some blue swinging jazz this is the place to be.

Fortepianowe trio jazzowe pochodzące ze Szwajcarii grające własną muzyką inspirowaną takimi postaciami jak Parker, Jarrett, Cohen, ale też Led Zeppelin, Radiohead czy Beethoven. Oddają oni hołd tradycji jazzowej, jednak nieustannie poszukują nowych rzeczy, szczególnie na tle rytmicznym. W 2015 wydali swoją pierwszą płytą, z która koncertowali po Europie, ale też po Azji oraz Ameryce Południowej. Aktualnie promują swój najnowszy album „Last Summer" wydany w 2018 roku

black is the new are three young musicians from Cologne and Zurich, that want to loose themselves in the music each time they play together. An interplay in which all three rely on their intuition and ears. black is the new loves improvisation, freedom and exploring the moment, but isn’t afraid of a simple melody. On this tour they will present their own music, but also pieces by their heroes Paul Motian, Charlie Haden or Ornette Coleman.

https://blackisthenew.bandcamp.com

The goal of the trio is to discover unexplored potential of this unusual combination of double bass, trombone and accordion - through our original compositions. We started to create music together while studying jazz at JAMU, Brno. Our inspirational sources vary from modern jazz to avant-garde contemporary music, from ambient to folklore..

*Michal Šelep* (double bass) is a musician from Bratislava (SK), one of the most the most sought after sideman in Slovakia, cooperating with artists such as Martin Valihora, Peter Lipa, Zuzana Mikulcová and more michalselep.com

*Richard Šanda* (trombone), Prague based musician and composer, studying currently in Amsterdam, member of Concept Art Orchestra (Anděl Award), Czech Radio Big Band Gustav Brom, Jazz Dock Orchestra, where he cooperates, plays and records with the best Czech jazz musicians. richardsanda.com

*Vojtěch Drnek* (accordion), composer and accordionist, currently studying in Linz, Austria, a player with wide range of musical styles, from gypsy jazz, swing and french musette to contemporary performances, modern jazz and free improvisation in Czech and Austria based projects.

https://vdrnek.wixsite.com/drnek
https://youtu.be/WM9N_LRn7kE https://youtu.be/ERiIQEl8G_0

Muzyka Ot Quintet, nawiązuje do polskiego kina lat 60'tych, lecz niedosłownie. Nie w ujęciu jako "inspiracja", lecz skupiająca się na obrazie i opowieści płynącej z liryki i melancholii czegoś, co można nazwać "Polskim". Muzycy wchodzący w skład Ot Quintet poznali się na wydziale Jazzu Akademii Muzycznej w Katowicach. Każdy z nich udziela się również w licznych formacjach.

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Gileno Santana, probably the most versatile musician of his generation, shows his most creative side with a band without a harmonic instrument. Gileno Santana Trio, is undoubtedly the most challenging and contemporary project of the trumpet player. Your identity is in the unique way of thinking and expressing yourself.With a modern and free approach, Gileno Santana is part of the world's restricted batch of creators, having compliments of icons such as Wynton Marsalis, Hermeto Pascoal, James Morrison, Cláudio Roditi, Thomas Gansch.

Leszek Żądło - saksofonista, flecista i kompozytor jazzowy polskiego pochodzenia, zamieszkały na stałe w Niemczech i Piec' Art aJc zapraszają na koncerty!
Leszek studiował kierunki muzyczne w Krakowie, Wiedniu i Grazu, obecnie wykłada na uczelniach muzycznych w Würzburgu i Monachium. Muzyczny dorobek Leszka Żądło to ponad 80 płyt, w których nagraniu uczestniczył, nagrania radiowe i telewizyjne, liczne koncerty, także charytatywne (m.in. w celu organizowania pomocy dla Polaków podczas trwania stanu wojennego), organizacja warsztatów dla młodych muzyków w Niemczech i w Polsce.
Wilhelm Scheer jest  cenionym na niemieckim rynku jazzowym saksofonista barytonowym znany jednak  głównie jako  naukowiec, autor i wydawca książek z dziedziny informatyki.
Wojtek Groborz, Tolek Lisiecki i Wiesław Jamioł współpracują ze sobą w formacji JBBO i zostali przez Leszka zaproszeni do udziału w tym  projekcie muzycznym.

Leszek Żądło - saksofonista, flecista i kompozytor jazzowy polskiego pochodzenia, zamieszkały na stałe w Niemczech i Piec' Art aJc zapraszają na koncerty!
Leszek studiował kierunki muzyczne w Krakowie, Wiedniu i Grazu, obecnie wykłada na uczelniach muzycznych w Würzburgu i Monachium. Muzyczny dorobek Leszka Żądło to ponad 80 płyt, w których nagraniu uczestniczył, nagrania radiowe i telewizyjne, liczne koncerty, także charytatywne (m.in. w celu organizowania pomocy dla Polaków podczas trwania stanu wojennego), organizacja warsztatów dla młodych muzyków w Niemczech i w Polsce.
Wilhelm Scheer jest  cenionym na niemieckim rynku jazzowym saksofonista barytonowym znany jednak  głównie jako  naukowiec, autor i wydawca książek z dziedziny informatyki.
Wojtek Groborz, Tolek Lisiecki i Wiesław Jamioł współpracują ze sobą w formacji JBBO i zostali przez Leszka zaproszeni do udziału w tym  projekcie muzycznym.

Trio HLK is the union of three distinct, forward thinking musical personalities. Drum virtuoso Richard Kass is a powerful, polyrhythmic engine whose multi-limbic facility affords him a wealth of textures and multiple layers of expression; he executes rhythms at more than one tempo simultaneously, which often draws comparison to electronica and computer generated music. Guitarist Ant Law plays a bespoke extended range electric guitar with 8 strings and a variety of effects; a wealth of influences from jazz, heavy metal and elsewhere shine through in his playing. Classical pianist and composer Rich Harrold was immersed in contemporary classical music from a young age; his approach encompasses recomposition and decomposition as much as pure composition itself. His harmonic realm isthe border between tonality and atonality, and there is a strong sense of rhythmic and melodic development throughout his writing. A belief in the high art of improvisation and intrigue with the infinite art and science of rhythm is what brings H, L and K together.

With their new album Starlex Complex, Luca Sisera Roofer masterfully continue their journey over the hurdles and chasms of contemporary jazz. Starlex Complex follows their critically acclaimed debut album Prospect (Leo Records, 2015) and the live album Moscow Files (Leo Records, 2017). This new work, released on Nils Wogram's label nWog Records, contains nine compositions, including a three-part minisuite. These open up a musical spectrum in which the ostensibly opposite poles of structure and freedom ethereally imbue each other and blend as a distinctive band sound. Creative Swiss bassist Luca Sisera is a musician considered one of the outstanding instrumentalists on the European scene. As an accomplished sideman, he playfully comes to grips with even the most demanding of jobs across the entire jazz genre, as well as interdisciplinary projects. In 2013, he founded Roofer as his own quintet. Michael Jaeger (saxophone), Maurus Twerenbold (trombone), Yves Theiler (piano) and Michi Stulz (drums) are major musicians from the relatively young Swiss jazz scene. They handle the sometimes highly complex compositions very freely and thus realise their band leader's vision in a congenial way. It is no accident that Sisera named his band Roofer. So-called "roofers" are climbers who clamber up high structures without safety equipment, and ably cross the hurdles and chasms of urban roof and facade landscapes. Sisera is not one of these extreme athletes, but an extremely agile musician. The qualities with which roofers put their passion into practice characterise not only his compositions, but also his fellow musicians: love of adventure, willingness to take risks, sophisticated techniques, know-how and experience. Sisera's music is refined. It has a challenging edginess without rigidifying in lifeless formulae. Positive restlessness and well-placed contrasts keep it energised.

„First Circle“ , consisting of Victor Fox, Roger Kintopf and Felix Ambach, plays together as a collective band since 2014. Already at a young age, the musicians got to know each other and quickly discovered the accordance of their musical influences and their idea of making music. Inspiring each other, they have always been looking for something new - Something unknown - . It was evident, that the three musicians neither want to play in an already familiar formation, nor conventional modern jazz. In this instrumentation without a harmony instrument, they foreground improvisation and interaction of their music and thus try to follow previously unexplored paths. In their program, consisting of their own compositions, as well as free improvisations, they deepen the possibilities of interaction as much as possible while their characteristic band sound comes to fruition. In 2015 they’ve been awarded for their outstanding compositions by the „Union of German Jazz-Musicians“. After their debut album „conversations with the unknown“, First Circle presents their new album „GLÄÜÖ“, which was recorded at the Kammermusiksaal Deutschlandfunk Cologne, and which has been released at UNIT Record in June 2017.

Pianist Ari Erev's  music blends a deep classical touch, producing an intimate, delicate and emotional style which is inspired by pianists such as Bill Evans and Fred Hersch, with an energetic, Latin-oriented and rhythmic drive.

His Trio performances at Piec Art, Krakow, will feature his original music, mainly from his latest album - "Flow", alongside a number of Latin tunes and a selection of contemporary interpretations for "Classic" Israeli songs written by some of  the  best composers of the Israeli popular music.

Originally from Ukraine/Poland and now based in London, Alina Bzhezhinska is an internationally renowned harpist and a winner of the PRS Women Make Music Award. She has performed with leading classical and jazz musicians such as Shabaka Hutchings, Django Bates, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and the Glasgow String Quartet. Her duo, with award-winning jazz vocalist Niki King, has supported Gregory Porter. Alina’s critically acclaimed Quartet appeared at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2017 in a special triple bill featuring Denys Baptiste and Pharoah Sanders - 'A Concert for Alice and John' and has been nominated for Best Live Experience of the Year at the 2018 Jazz FM Awards. Alina has recorded a solo album called Harp Recital and is featured on recordings by the American harp ensemble Harp Fusion and the Scottish jazz group New Focus. Her new album, Inspiration, was released to a high critical acclaim in June 2018 through Ubuntu Music. The quartet has performed at Glasgow Jazz Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.

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The Niklas Roever Trio is dedicated to the tradition of Modern Jazz while combining it with contemporary approaches. The music is strongly influenced by musicians like Bill Evans, John Taylor, Herbie Hancock and Fred Hersch. The pianist’s compositions bear a clear shape, providing environments to be explored by the musicians. Notable is the freedom within the clear structures which leads to a high amount of interplay. Of highest importance are always groove, energetic balance, joy and a strong bandsound.