New album from Włodek Pawlik Trio is available!
Randy Brecker took part in the recording together with the Włodek Pawlik Trio in the complement: Włodek Pawlik - piano, Paweł Pańta - double bass and Cezary Konrad - drums, and was accompanied by the Symphonical Orchestra of the Opera and Philharmonia of the Podlasie region under the baton of Marcin Nałęcz - Niesiołowski.

Jazz Suite Tykocin
(2008-11-24) Polskie Radio
Price: 29.95 zł

The “Tykocin” project intends to create an extraordinary musical happening on the days from the 4th of July until the 7th. The main character of this artistic undertake is the internationally renowned jazz musician, the trumpeter Randy Brecker. One of the inhabitants of Tykocin, who migrated to the United States before WW2, was Jakub Tykocki. Until the beginning of WW2 the city of Tykocin was a typical for the Podlasie region place of many coexisting nationalities, among others the Jewish community. The fascist racial discrimination politics led to the murder of over 2000 polish inhabitants of Jewish descendance of Tykocin in the year 1941. After the war the city of Tykocin didn’t manage to regenerate its social structure and its so clear in the past centuries coexistention of cultures, nations and religions which was characteristic for the tradition of polish tolerance.
Tykocki, living in the USA, had two grandsons: Randy and Michael Brecker, who were in the ‘70 and ‘80 - one of the most famous jazzbands - the “Brecker Brothers”.
Randy Brecker will take part in the recording together with the Włodek Pawlik Trio in the complement: Włodek Pawlik - piano, Paweł Pańta - double bass and Cezary Konrad - drums, and they will be accompanied by the Symphonical Orchestra of the Opera and Philharmonia of the Podlasie region under the baton of Marcin Nałęcz - Niesiołowski.
On the 4th of July 2008 the first promotional concert is planned in the Podlaska Opera and Philharmonia with the participation of Randy Brecker and the other musicians. On this day falls the next american Independance Day, and the concerts in the Podlasie region, with its artists who are this renowned in the musical world, are an extraordinary promotion of american culture. The honorary patronage over this musical happening is taken on by the USA Ambassador in Poland, mr. Victor Ashe. The second concert will take place on the 6th of July 2008 in the historical synagogue in Tykocin. This will be a musical comeback of Randy Brecker to his family roots and the emphasis on the multicultural character of the Podlasie region.

The Jim Beard & Adam Bałdych Project is a extraordinary musical happening in Poland.
Jim Beard - a fine pianist/keyboardist, known from a number of wonderful projects and albums, will take his place on stage next to the young Adam Bałdych, who is taking an increasingly important place in the european legue of jazz violinists.
They will be accompanied by one of the best polish rythm sections - Piotr Żaczek- bass and Cezary Konrad - drums, who is part of a.o. Damage Control.
Jim Beard & Adam Bałdych Project will play a serie of concerts that will present Jim Beards music mixed with the compositions of Adam Bałdych in an interesting and modern way. The virtuosity of each of the musicians is one of the many characteristics of the project, others are of course the unique sound of the band, the climate of the composition, and the polishing of the smallest details of the concert production.
Already in autumn the band will lead the audience into a world full of unbelievable colours, and music derived from the genre Fusion with elements of NuJazz.
The concerts will take place on the turn of october and november. More info soon.

From May 2008, thanks to a long cooperation with the firm from Krakow, Music Info, Cezary Konrad is using a new set from Mapex. Moore info in Instrument/Set

Two new photogalleries by Pawel Owczarczyk and Marek Rokoszewski have opened on the site. Among others, there are photos of jam session with Gary Husband of July 2007.

This March the musicians of Damage Control enter the studio to record their first album in this assembly. On this cd there will be tracks that are familiar to listeners from the concerts, and a suprise-song! Not only is the distribution planned for Poland, but also for Western Europe. Let us hope that thanks to these recordings the band will head out for a new tour, and won’t be limited this time to polish clubs. The cd will be available in April 2008. We will be informing you about every progress that is made. We also recommend to visit the website of Damage Control and of Adam Baldych, the leader of the band.

At 19 and 20 December Cezary Konrad will take part in the recording of de brand new record of the Krzysztof Herdzin Trio. On this record there will be the compositions of the leader of this group, a pianist and arranger Krzysztof Herdzin. The last record of the Krzysztof Herdzin Trio, “Live in Tygmont” was released in 2006.

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Damage Control is a modern quartet presenting a refined combination of jazz music with fusion.
The band consists of four extraordinarily creative artists:
Adam Bałdych– electric violin
Paweł Tomaszewski – keyboards
Piotr Żaczek – bass
Cezary Konrad– drums

The music of Damage Control is a extremely expressive combination of modern musical flows. It leaves a great deal of emotion with the listeners. The virtuosity, which is the trademark of the artists forming the band, make the concerts a unique sight full of energy, youthful zing, but also a mature sound, that recieves popularity and respect both from the audience, as from the critics.
The Damage Control Myspace is currently of a promotional nature; the realisation of the first album is planned soon, from which the tracks can be heard on the site:
www.myspace.com/realdamagecontrol