Jacek Pelc
Electric Trio 

Label: Polonia, 1999
Catalogue No: CD 206
Format: CD

Tracks:

1. - April, The 11th
2. - Fax Cover Sheet
3. - Emilka - 5.88 MB
4. - Ain't It Funky Now
5. - Malenka Entropia
6. - Rock Ballad
7. - Hurly Burly
8. - Song For My Lady
9. - Looks Like Tango
10. - One For Skip
11. - Szkice
12. - Blue Monk
13. - Back To The Rudeness
14. - C - Jam Blues

Recorded:

at City Underground Mobil Studio: 2-33, 1999

Line-up:

Jacek Pelc - drums
Piotr Olszewski - guitars
Grzegorz Nadolny - basses

About:

Pelc, Jacek (Tomasz), drummer, composer, author, educator, sound engineer; b. Bydgoszcz, Poland, 12 December 1959. Bydgoszcz is a city in middle north-west part of Poland with 385.000 citizens. His mother, Barbara Pelc (home name: Gozimirska) was born in 1935 and as a girl, she took private piano lessons. His father, Zdzislaw Pelc (b. 1933), played four-row xylophone and drums in local bands in Bydgoszcz as a young man. His brother is Piotr Pelc (b. 1957).

From 1974-78, he studied at the Panstwowe Liceum Muzyczne in Bydgoszcz where his teacher was Prof. Miroslaw Zyta. From 1978-82, he studied at the Akademia Muzyczna in Katowice, where his teacher was Prof. Stanislaw Proksa.

During past 20 years of his career, he professionally performed and / or recorded with following musicians and bands: Smietana, Namyslowski, Szukalski, "Ptaszyn" (Poland) Milan Svoboda Polish - Czech Leaders BigBand, Brad Terry, Eddie Henderson, Bill Ramsey, Ed Schuller (USA), Dirk Engelhardt, Rolf Zielke and several jazz musicians from Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. He's currently co-working with various Polish & International formations as a member & leader (City Jazz, Electric Trio, East To West Quartet, Eurofonia).

As a member or leader of many groups, he played on following jazz events and festivals: Jazz Yatra (India), North Sea (Holland), Ost West, Leverkusener Jazz Tage (Germany), Istanbul Festivali (Turkey), Umbria Jazz (Italy), Jazz Jamboree (Poland), WDR Jazz Festival`1999 -  Koeln (Germany), Komeda Jazz Festival`2000, Bydgoski Festiwal Jazzowy (Poland), Bratislavske Jazzove Dni`2000 (Slovakia), Int. Jazz Festival iersen`2000 (Germany), and many others.

Pelc takes part in instrumental workshops as a teacher, leads own drummers` class and gives private lessons. He is a Jazz Forum magazine contributor writing CD reviews. He was guest soloist of the legendary Gustav Brom Big Band from Czech Republic and is a member of his own Polish and various international jazz formations (German/USA, Czech and Slovakian). His drumming, original compositions, music concepts and more can be heard on 15 versatile jazz records in his discography (4 CDs are released under  the name of Jacek Pelc).

Occasionally concerted with some international jazz names: Eddie Henderson, Ed Schuller, Michael Sagmeister, Bill Ramsey, Brad Terry, and others. Engaged by top Polish jazz leaders and bands: Jarek Zmietana & EXTRA BALL, Symphonic Sound Orchestra, Polish Jazz Stars, Zbigniew NamysBowski, Jan Ptaszyni WrUblewski, and many others. His performing skills were applauded by festivals and clubs audiences throughout the West n to - East Europe and India. He's been professionally active since the beginning of 80s.

His wife is Malgorzata and they have a son, Tomasz (born 1987), and a daughter, Anna (born 1989).

Recordings:
Leader: City Jazz (1994); Electric Trio (1999); UNIA (with Piotr Olszewski) (2001); GUDRUMBA (2002)
As band member: Extra Ball (led by Jarek Smietana): Mosquito (1982), Akumulatorres (1984); J. Smietna Sounds: Sounds and Colours (1982-1990), Colours (1990); Milan Svoboda: Czech-Polish Leaders Big Band (1986); Wojciech Groborz Trio: After Action (1986); Katarzyna Zak: Mlynarski Jazz (1993); Jarek Smietana: Polish Jazz vol. 15 (1982-1988), Talking Guitar (1984), From One To Four (1986), Touch Of Touch (1988), Extra Cream (1991-1999);
Un-issued recordings: About 3 hours of un-issued studio and radio recordings with Big Band Katowice from 1978/82;Jacek Pelc: Looking Back (1995); Dirk Engelhardt: East To West (2002)
Television appearances: In the years 1982 - 1986 Polish TV appearances - jazz programs studio releases with guitarist Jarek Smietana (including Zbigniew Namyslowski, Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski, and others), vocalist Andrzej Zaucha, Jarek Smietana Sounds (Polish TV), and one apearance with Jarek Smietana in Turkish TV - studio recording in Istanbul - 1988. In the years 1994 - 2002 local Bydgoszcz TV - several appearances and interviews as Jacek Pelc and his groups, special programs, guest artists, music, news.