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Wojtek Mazolewski
12+ albums
jazzexperimentalpolishYassimprovisation
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Wojciech Rafał Mazolewski (born March 27, 1976 in Gdańsk) is a Polish jazz bassist and double bassist. One of the co-creators of yassu. Leader of Pink Freud, Bassisters Orchestra and Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet. Initially, he showed interest in punk music. At the age of 10, he performed for the first time on stage with the group Ivan the Terrible of his brother Jerzy Mazzolla. With time, he became interested in jazz, and by combining both styles, he contributed to the creation of yassu. He played in baaba, Tymański Yass Ensemble, Paralaksa, Oczi Cziorne and Jazzombie. In 2016, a concert was held at Warsaw's Studio Theatre on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Mazolewski's stage activity. In the same year, he made his debut as an actor, playing the episodic role of a jazz musician in the film Excentrics, or on the sunny side of the street In 2017, he composed a piece on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the foundation of Opole. On January 4, 2019, he became the host of the Jazz Fajny jest (Jazz Cool Is Radio Three) broadcast. In May 2020, he left Trójka in protest against the censorship of the Third Programme Charts[. From September 2020 to March 2022, he was a journalist for the online radio station newonce.radio, where he hosted a program of the same title as before in PR3. Wojciech Mazolewski has a brother Jerzy, who is seven years older, a jazz clarinetist, and a younger Łukasz, a hairdresser. Although he grew up in Gdańsk, in his childhood he spent a lot of
