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Artist
Paweł Kaczmarczyk
5+ albums
pianojazzelectronic
about
One of Poland's pre-eminent jazz pianists from the younger generation, a student of the Karol Szymanowki Academy of Music's Jazz Studies program in Katowice, composer, soloist and sideman. He performs with the Janusz Muniak Quartet, Monty Waters/Kazimierz Jonkisz "Energy", and the Rafał Sarnecki Quintet, as well as leading his own trio. Paweł Kaczmarczyk has received many awards at various festivals and competitions: a special distinction at the 2002 edition of the Polish National Review of Jazz and Blues Groups in Gdynia, where he returned to take top honors in 2003; the title of Best Instrumentalist at Poland's Jazz Juniors competition in 2002 an award for the best arrangement at the International Competition for Jazz Groups "JUNIOR JAZZ 2006", in Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic), as well as first place in the "New Hope" category of Jazz Forum Magazine's "Jazz Top" readers' poll from 2004 through 2006. The year 2006 also saw him being awarded a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2001 Paweł Kaczmarczyk established a trio with Michał Barański on bass, and Paweł Dobrowolski on drums. The group draws its inspiration from the work of artists like Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans; the concepts of Brada Mehldau and Wayne Shorter form part of their musical vocabulary as well. It's music that is full of warmth and sensitivity, but with no lack of electrifying dynamics and avant-garde ideas. The trio won first place at the 26th "Jazz Juniors" Internatio
