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PIOTR LEMAŃCZYK

BIO
Piotr Lemańczyk is considered one of the most outstanding European jazz bassists. His artistic path began in 1993, when a jazz band called Orange Trane was formed from the Kartuzy music community. After two years of activity, the group went to the Jazz Juniors 95 competition for young musicians in Krakow, where the band won second place, and Piotr Lemańczyk was awarded for individuality, compositions and as the best instrumentalist of the festival. In 1996 he moved to Gdańsk. There he very quickly began to cooperate with significant names in the world of jazz such as Maciej Sikała, Emil Kowalski, Wojciech Staroniewicz and Leszek Dranicki. He co-created the Gdańsk jazz community. The next steps in his career were a concert at the Jazz nad Odrą 96 festival and an award for the best composition, and the Pomeranian Jazz Autumn 96, where together with the Orange Trane band he received the "Key to Career". After a short time he was already performing with legends of Polish jazz, such as: Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jarosław Śmietana, Piotr Wojtasik, Tomasz Szukalski and others. He joined the 0-58 band, with which he played many concerts in Poland and abroad. Not long after that, his artistic path took on an international dimension. He began collaborating with world jazz stars such as: Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Dave Douglas, Walter Smith III, Jerry Bergonzi, Seamus Blake, Dave Kikoski, Tim Hagans, Brian Melvin, Gary Novak, Avishai Cohen-tr, Leni Stern, Grażyna Auguścik, Soweto Kinch, Leszek Możdżer, Krzesimir Dębski. He has recorded almost 70 albums, including eight of his own, which received excellent reviews in magazines such as Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazz Forum, Jazzpress, The Guardian. He has performed in the USA, Sweden, Canada, Israel, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Slovakia, France, Finland, Greece, Moldova, Austria and many other countries. At one time he was the only European in the New York band BEATLEJAZZ. Always highly rated in the annual Jazz Top poll by Jazz Forum magazine. Piotr Lemańczyk is the originator and artistic director of the Kartuzy Jazz Bass Days festival.