JaZzGdyni '08

Brad Mehldau -piano
Larry Grenadier -double bass
Jeff Ballard -drums

Piotr „Bocian” Cieślikowski – saksofon tenorowy i sopranowy (lider zespołu)
Sławomir Jaskułke – piano
Wojciech Pulcyn – double bass
Kazimierz Jonkisz – percussion

"€œTranespired"€ is a wordplay on "€œTrane"€ (Coltrane"€) and "œinspired"€.
It'€™s a project that merges the author'€™s own compositions with the most sophisticated John Coltrane tracks.

Adam Bałdych - el.violin
Maciej Kociński - saxophone
Grzegorz Jabłoński - keyboards
Marcin Górny - keyboards, sample
Piotr Żaczek - bass
Robert Luty - drums

"Not only is Piotr Żaczek an outstanding and versatile bass player, he's a composer of extraordinary beauty and by that I do not only mean his appearance." – Urszula Dudziak

Mack Goldsbury – saxophones, flute
Dawid Troczewski – piano
Krzysztof Ciesielski – bass
Ireneusz Budny – drums

Jorgos Skolias - vocals, balaphone
Bronisław Duży - trombone
Przemek Borowiecki - percussion

World Trio'€™s music is an epitome of modernity, freshness and dynamics. Jazz, blues, soul, ethno, modern music - it'€™s all there.

Manu Delago - Hang
Isa Kurz - Piano, Violin, Vocals
Wolfgang Henn - Bass
Georg Tausch - Drums

Maciej Kortas – guitar
Sławomir Kornas – vocals, bass
Michał Szczeblewski - drums

This band's creations are inspired folk music of all kinds.
"We'€™re trying to escape the turgid, semi-intellectual music of today. Contemporary lyric poetry is pretentious. Folk lyrics tell us the basic truths and they are created by the heart and soul, which makes them non-commercial" -Ajagore

Włodzimierz Nahorny - piano, saxophone
Mariusz Bogdanowicz - double bass
Piotr Biskupski - drums

Christened the "Chopin of jazz" by music critics, Nahorny is an unsurpassed character on the Polish jazz scene. He is a jazz, theatre, film and light music arranger, pianist, saxophonist and composer.

Michel Donato (CAN): double bass
François Théberge (CAN): tenor saxophone
Piotr Wojtasik (PL): trumpet
Michael Felberbaum (USA): guitar
Karl Jannuska (CAN): drums

An elaborate merge of traditional jazz and footloose improvisation...

Samuel Torres - percussion
Christoph Titz - trumpet
Adam Wendt - saxophones
Przemysław Raminiak - piano
Marcin Jahr - drums

Janusz Mackiewicz – bass
Dominik Bukowski – vibraphone
Grzegorz Nagórski – trombone, trumpet
Darek Herbasz – sax
Adam Czerwiński – drums

"€œFrogsville"€ is an easy reference to Janusz Mackiewicz'€™s beloved home district in Gdań„sk. He used to live in Żabianka ("€œFrogsville"€) with Leszek Możdżer and Tymon Tymań„ski.

Irek Głyk - vibraphone
Robert Szydło - bass guitars
Arek Skolik - drums

"Multisound" is a unique project not only on the Polish jazz scene.
It's a drum, acoustic vibraphone and bass guitar-based trio of outstanding instrumentalists. They perform their own compositions tinged with a few jazz standards. They'€™re unrivalled... and inimitable.

Paweł Serafiński - composer, organist, pianist
Radek Bolewski - perkusja
Kuba Raczyński - saksofony
Maciej Kortas - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, guitar synthesizer
Sławomir Kornas - vocals, bass

The band presents blues, jazz and rock standards. Their repertoire includes, among others, creations of such artists as David Sanborn, J. J. Cale and The Beatles.

Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski - tenor sax
Wojciech Niedziela - piano
Jacek Niedziela - bass
Marcin Jahr - drums

Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski is Polish jazz'€™s most vivid character, an unquestionable leader, "good spirit"€ of Polish jazz life, legendary Polish jazz artist, composer, arranger, conductor, journalist and music critic.

Grażyna Łobaszewska – vocals
Kuba Staruszkiewicz – drums
Adam Zuchowski – double bass
Piotr Mania – piano, rhodes
Irek Wojtczak - saxophones

Vocalist and composer, known for such pieces as "Ludzie z duszą"€ ("€œPeople With Souls"€), "€œBrzydcy"€ ("€œThe Ugly"€) and "€œGdybyś"› ("€œIf You"€).

Al Di Meola – guitar
Gumbi Ortiz – drums
Peo Alfonsi – classic guitar
Fausto Beccalossi – accordion

Jeff Ballard - drums
Larry Grenadier - double bass
Mark Turner - saxophone

Frank Lozano - tenor saxophone, sopran saxophone, clarinet
Alexandre Grogg - piano
Alain Bédard - double bass
Pierre Tanguay - drums

François Bourassa - piano
André Leroux - saxophones
Adrian Vedady - double bass
Philippe Melanson - drums

Magdalena Pasierska - voice
Zgas - beatbox
Michał Majeran - voice

Kirsti Huke - vocals
Steinar Raknes - bass
Vigleik Storaas - piano
Erik Nylander - drums

Richard Galliano - accordion
George Mraz - double bass
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - piano
Clarence Penn - drums