Marek Bałata
Marek Bałata (born August 31, 1955 in Rzeszów ) is a Polish jazz singer , composer and graphic artist . He is considered to be “a flexible and sound-oriented singer who also has theatrical skills and ... improvises very imaginatively.” Experienced in the different styles of jazz singing from gospel to bop and funk jazz to avant-garde and contemporary forms of improvisation , he tried “die to creatively combine North American jazz roots with European and Polish roots ”.
Live and act
Bałata studied in Krakow . He is influenced by Fryderyk Chopin and Krzysztof Komeda on the one hand, and Wojciech Młynarski and Agnieszka Osiecka on the other; initially he performed as a singer and guitarist before concentrating on singing. After initial successes, he founded his own quintet. In 1996 he toured with the vocal group Cantabile in jazz , accompanied only by a bassist , alongside the singers Urszula Dudziak , Michele Hendricks and Judy Niemack . He also appeared with Tomasz Stańko and with Zbigniew Namysłowski and Krzysztof Ścierański, with whom he also recorded an album with settings of poetry by Ewa Karpf ( Wiersze 1998). With Art Lande and Günther Wehinger he founded Triology , which also performed with Paul McCandless on the American west coast in 1999 . He also worked with Heinrich von Kalnein , with Sławomir Kulpowicz ( Samarpan Songs , 1993), and with Vladislav Sendecki . Burton Greene brought him into his group Klez-Edge (album of the same name on Tzadik ), with whom he has also performed in the Netherlands. He also performs the Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez in an arrangement.
Prizes and awards
At the Jazz Juniors Festival in Krakow he received the honorary award in 1982 and 1983. In 1988 he received the first prize at the international meeting of jazz singers in Zamosc. From 1990 to 2000 he led the readers poll of the Polish magazine Jazzforum.
Discographic notes
- Voice Paintings (1994)
- Bałata / Lande / Wehinger Triology (1997)
- Heinrich von Kalnein Songlines (with Uli Rennert , Achim Tang , Gregor Hilbe ; 2004/2006)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sendecki Roots - in concert (NDR) ( Memento from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bałata, Marek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish jazz singer, composer and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rzeszów |