Krakow Concert Schedule 18-24.08

I've been recently bitten by the vinyl bug again and in these weeks of absence on the blog I've been listening abundantly to the greats of swing & bop era, the wonderful sounds of Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and many more.

I'll try to recover and get back to more recent releases soon. In the meantime, Krakow can provide you with some quality live music as always.

18.08 Gaweda / Fortuna Experiment at Piec'ART

Piano/drums duo is definitely not the most common of duo settings but one that can produce brilliant music (from the top of my head two completely different examples - Cecil Taylor / Max Roach and Danilo Rea / Stefano Gatto). Given that Gaweda and Fortuna are the top class of jazz youth in Cracow I think their experiment can give good results.

Elisha / Rubin / Elisha - East of Jaffa [OutNowRecordings]

Ehran Elisha - drums
Harold Rubin - clarinet
Haim Elisha - piano


OutNow Recordings 2011

The 24th Krakow Jewish Festival, barely behind us*, is a perfect pretext to have a look at Israeli improvising scene. OutNow Recordings is based in Tel Aviw and managed by Yoni Kretzmer (a might sax player himself, you may find reviews of his cds "Overlook"  and the Brooklyn based 2 Bass Quartet's "Weight" on the blog) and guitarist Ido Bukelman (with a couple of fine releases on his own as well). However when the label was launched back in 2011 the premiere releases were two sessions with the drummer Ehran Elisha. I've written a while ago about his duo with Roy Campbell "Watching Cartoons with Eddie" but the trio "East of Jaffa" is well worth a look back.

Kraków Concert Schedule 11-17.08 / DotArt in Krakow

There are two concerts that stand out among the regular jam/jazz sessions on jazz clubs this week so without further ado:

11.08 Slawek Pezda / Mateusz Gaweda Duo at Piec'ART
An adventurous duo tha travels throughout the lands of modern jazz with free spirit. Very recommended.



15.08 Janusz Muniak Quartet at Harris Piano Jazz Bar
Once among the avantguardists of polish jazz scene, Janusz Muniak is now a legend that feels comfortable with the world of sultry, classic jazz. The tone and feeling and maestry.

Beside jazz music I recommend to you to visit a few places where my hombre Stefano Ambroset will bring a selection of pictures from the international photo competition DotART. The exhibitio will open:

10.06 Pracownia Pod Baranami
12.06 Alchemia
13.06 Pierwszy Lokal...
14.06 Betel Cafe
15.06 Konfederacka 4