1996 gig featuring stars of modern Polish: Piotr Wojtasik - trumpet, flugelhorn; Adam Pieronczyk - tenor, soprano sax; Maciej Sikala - tenor sax; Leszek Mozdzer - piano; Adam Kowalewski - bass; and Jacek Olter - drums.
Leszek Mozdzer Sextet
Talk to Jesus
Label: GOWI, Poland Catalogue No: CDG35 Format: CD
Tracks:
1. Sir Lester
2. Taniec Mikolaja
3. Talk to Jezus
4. Margherita
5. Let’s Do It Tomorrow
6. The Foggy Land (Polish Impressions)
7. The Room of the Roof
8. Express 6:10
9. Facing the Wind
Performed by:
Piotr Wojtasik - trumpet, flugelhorn Adam Pieronczyk - tenor, soprano sax Maciej Sikala - tenor sax Leszek Mozdzer - piano Adam Kowalewski - bass Jacek Olter - drums
Recorded:
1996, Poland
About:
Leszek Mozdzer (pronounced Mozhdzher) is one of the greatest keyboard talents on the Polish music scene today. Born in 1971, he has been playing the piano since he was five. He graduated from the Stanislaw Moniuszko Conservatory in Gdansk in 1996, having developed his interest in jazz at the age of 18 at high school. He started his jazz career by joining the band of clarinet player Emil Kowalski, but he considers that his true development began with the Milosc Band in 1991. A year later, he received an individual citation from the Jazz Junior ‘92 International Competition in Krakow, followed immediately by many other prizes, including the Krzysztof Komeda Prize 1992 from the Polish Culture Foundation, the First Prize of the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Katowice in 1994, the Mateusz Swiecicki Prize from Polish Radio 3, the Mayor of Gdansk’s medal for outstanding artistic achievements, and the Fryderyk Prize for Jazz Musician of 1998, as well as many citations in the magazine Jazz Forum, including being nominated six times as Best Pianist between 1993 and 1998.
During the six years in which Mozdzer led Milosc, it became the most popular jazz group in Poland. He recorded six albums with the group, including two with the American trumpeter, Lester Bowie. At the same time, he was a star attraction of the Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet. Mozdzer has performed with many outstanding Polish jazz musicians, including Tomasz Stanko (Farewell to Mary), Janusz Muniak (One and Four), Michael Urbaniak ( Live in Holy City), and Piotr Wojtasik (Lonely Town, Quest). He has also collaborated with such international stars as Arthur Blythe, Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Joe Lovano and Archie Shepp. Mozdzer has recorded 30 CDs, including four under his own name, the best known of which is Chopin Impressions.
Leszek Mozdzer has given concerts in Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, USA, Hungary and France. At the prestigious Piano Festival in Chartres, his jazz interpretations of Chopin’s pieces received a standing ovation.
Since 1992 he has been a regular collaborator with Zbigniew Preisner, taking part in the recording of many of the composer’s film scores. 10 Easy Pieces for Piano, a suite of piano improvisations, was specially written by Preisner for Mozdzer.
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