Jazz in the celluloid

Krzysztof Komeda is a pioneer of Polish modern jazz. He composed music to 65 films. The first picture he illustrated with music was Roman Polanski’s film etude Dwaj ludzie z szafą, and the last one Rosemary’s Baby with the celebrated Lullaby as its main theme. As a musician, he exerted major influence on the shape of the Polish jazz school. His music is still an inspiration. As part of DWA BRZEGI, the music recorded on celluloid film will be reminded and own compositions will be presented by:

Kattorna

The band makes masterful use of combination of European music awareness with American jazz tradition. It was established in 2005 in Berlin, where it was giving concerts as part of a multimedia project with the music of Krzysztof Komeda. The composer’s work exerted strong influence on the sounds of Kattorna. In April 2009, the group recorded and published an album under the title Straying to the Moon. The CD keeps with the main stream and the Komeda style: it certainly has dynamics, expression or jazz-rock beat to it. The band gives regular concerts at home and abroad (Germany, Italy) jazz clubs and festivals, such as: Summer Festival in “Piwnica Pod Baranami” in Kraków, Jazz Pianists Festival in Kalisz, Krzysztof Komeda Film Music Festival in Warsaw, Jazzahead in Bremen, Sounds No Walls in Berlin, Ancona Summer Jazz Festival, Marigliano In Jazz (Italy).

Line-up:

Łukasz Pawlik – piano

Graduate of the Music Academy in Duesseldorf. He also studies in the US, where he cooperated with Kruziki Transatlantica band. He performed twice in a quartet with Branford Marsalis. Composer of most of Kattorna works.

Dawid Główczewski – alto and soprano saxophone
Graduate of Jazz Faculty of the Music Academy in Katowice. Winner of many jazz and classical competitions as well as many individual distinctions in competitions “Nadzieje Warszawy” (The Hopes of Warsaw, 2006) and Jazz Nad Odrą (Wrocław, 2006).

Max Nauta –double bass
Graduate of Jazz Institut Berlin. Between 1998 and 2002 the first double bass player of the Youth Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen. Active participant of Berlin jazz scene. As a sideman related to many bands, including Bergitta Victor Band. Originator and leader of NATO group: North Atlantic Tonal Organisation.

Michał Tomaszczyk -trombone
Graduate of the Jazz Institute of the Music Academy in Katowice, with BA title, currently MA student in the trombone course and in composition and arrangement course. Michał Tomaszczyk is a top winner in 6th Krzysztof Komeda Composition Competitions in Jazz Themes category in Słupsk 2009.

Hubert Zemler – percussion
Graduate of the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw in the percussion class. As a jazz musician, he won many individual and group awards. Together with Mukatam Quartet, he made a concert tour promoting Polish jazz in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon.

www.kattorna.com

Big Band Akwarium

Big Band Akwarium was established in the legendary Warsaw jazz club Akwarium, taking over its name and co-creating its legend to this day. It is the only such band in Poland, which performs on a permanent basis and is actively giving concerts. Many leading Polish musicians cooperated with the band, such as Krzysztof Herdzin, Andrzej Jagodziński, Włodzimierz Pawlik and others. The repertoire of the band is very extensive and covers all musical genres, from early, classic swing, through bebop and funky to Latin jazz and modern avant-garde music. The artistic director of Big Band is Ryszard Borowski.

www.bigbandakwarium.pl

Songs will be performed by:

Iwona Loranc

Singer, actress in Teatr Polski in Bielsko-Biała, where she acts in musical performances and gives own recitals. Winner of important awards on all leading Polish festivals.

www.iwonaloranc.com

Joanna Halszka Sokołowska
On an everyday basis, she is an artist of Warsaw alternative scene; she sings with Przepraszam band. As a singer, actress, originator, producer, composer and philosopher, she co-creates music and performative-theatrical projects.

Visualisations:

Dawid Kozłowski

Video artist, motion designer, photographer, VJ. Assistant lecturer at Visual Arts Chair at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He develops video projections for theatre and opera performances. Besides theatre, he creates musical visualisations and visual settings for concerts. He also cooperates with television, creating graphic settings for TV programmes.

www.davideo.asp.krakow.pl