Sławomir Kurkiewicz

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Sławomir Kurkiewicz (2008)

Sławomir Kurkiewicz (born May 10, 1975 in Koszalin ) is a Polish double bass player and composer of modern jazz .

Life

Kurkiewicz met the pianist Marcin Wasilewski during his school days at the high school in Koszalin , with whom he has been playing jazz since 1990 . He completed his training at the Jazz Institute of the Katowice Music Academy in 1998.

In 1993 Wasilewski and Kurkiewicz founded the Simple Acoustic Trio with the drummer Michał Miśkiewicz , which quickly recorded several albums; since 1994 it has also worked with Tomasz Stańko , with whom it recorded several albums and performed internationally. The trio, which continues to this day with the original line-up, toured worldwide in this format. It was also on the road with Jacob Young / Trygve Seim (among others at Elbjazz 2014) and with Joakim Milder .

Furthermore Kurkiewicz worked with Henryk Miśkiewicz and with Manu Katché . He can also be heard on albums by Piotr Wojtasik , Grzegorz Karnas and Anna Maria Jopek . He also wrote the music for the feature film Nie ma takiego numeru (2005) by Bartosz Brzeskot.

Discographic notes

  • Tomasz Stańko Balladyna - Theater Play Compositions (Gowi, 1994)
  • Tomasz Stańko Roberto Zucco (Polonia, 1997)
  • Tomasz Stańko Egzekutor (Universal Music Polska, 2001)
  • Tomasz Stańko Suspended Night ( ECM , 2003)
  • Marcin Wasilewski / Sławomir Kurkiewicz / Michał Miskiewicz Trio (ECM, 2005)
  • Manu Katché Neighborhood (ECM, 2005, German Record Critics ' Award , with Tomasz Stańko, Jan Garbarek , Marcin Wasilewski)
  • Marcin Wasilewski / Sławomir Kurkiewicz / Michał Miskiewicz Faithful (ECM, 2011)
  • Marcin Wasilewski Trio Live (ECM, 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait (Muzeum Jazzu)
  2. ↑ Meeting (Jazzcity)
personal data
SURNAME Kurkiewicz, Sławomir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish double bass player and composer of modern jazz
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Koszalin