Projects

“Childrens episode” is the title of the third album recordedr by piotr wylezol. It was published by Fresh Sound Records in its’ well known series “Young Talents”, thereby Piotr Wyleżoł has found himself among the musicians like Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, czy Chris Cheek. In 2010 “Childern's Episodes” was nominated for Fryderyk Award as the best jazz album of the year.

Piotr Wyleżoł - piano

One of the premiere  polish jazz pianists. Bachelor/graduate of the Jazz Faculty of the Academy of Music in Katowice. While his academic education, he has gained many prestigious awards such as : the best instrumentalist on the festival “Autumn at the banks of Odra”, The Key to Career during Gorzów Jazz Celebrations and also he has been awarded on The International Festival of Jazz Improvisation in Katowice and Jazz Juniors in Cracow. He has performed  on many festivals for instance: „Jazz Baltica”, „Leverkusen Jazz Tage”, „Jazz Jamboree” and in many concert halls among which  are : The Royal Albert Hall in London, „Olympia” in Paris, in numerous countries all over the world.  From the very beginning of his musical career he has been the leader of many groups, up to day he has recorded five complimentary albums, and many more recorded in collaboration with other artists among them: Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Jarosław Śmietana, Ewa Bem, Tomasz Stańko, Billy Hart.

Apart from his career as a performer since 2008 he is also giving jazz piano classes in the Academy of Music in Cracow.

Michał Barański - double bass

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Exquisite double bassist, awarded numerous times : Grand Prix Jazz nad Odrą, laureate of two Fryderyk Awards. In 2008 he was chosen the best double bassist of the year by the readers of Jazz Forum Magazine. He was in collaboration with: B.Terry, R. Kellaway, W. Galison, E. Henderson, B. Maupin,  Z. Namysłowski, T. Stańko, J. Śmietana, J. Mencel, G. Nagórski, M. Sikała, P. Baron, J. Torres, A. Zaryan, D. Miśkiewicz.

Łukasz Żyta - drums

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One of the premiere polish jazz drummer . Laureate of many individual and group awards, including the first Prize on Jazz Drummers Contest (1998), and an individual distinction durong. He was in collaboration with B. Watson, J. Ptaszyn Wróblewski, J. Muniack. A. Cudzich, J. Mencel, B. Terry, P. Wojtasik, J. Honzak, G. Nagórski, D. Murray, D. Friedman, Z. Namysłowski, T. Szukalski, H. Miśkiewicz, D. Oleszkiewicz, G. Auguścik, M. Tokaj.