Director

Piotr Baron

Born 5.01.1961 in Wrocław, made his debut in 1977. In 1978 he received special mention, and in 1980 he received the second prize at the Jazz on the Odra festival. In 1984 he won the Grand Prix at the San Sebastian “Jazz Aldia” in Spain. He received his Master of Arts degree from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. During his forty years of musical activity, Piotr Baron has collaborated with the most outstanding artists from Poland, Europe and the USA: Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tomasz Stańko, Henryk Majewski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Jarosław Śmietana, Wojciech Karolak, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Kazimierz Jonkisz, Krzesimir Dębski, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz, Piotr Wojtasik, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Bo Stief, Jasper Van‘t Hof, Ray Charles, Art Farmer, James Newton, Al Porcino, Billy Harper, David Murray, Kevin Mahogany, Victor Lewis, Roy McCurdy, John Hicks, Jon Mayer, Eddie Henderson, Gary Smulyan, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Carter Jefferson, Bobby Watson, Kei Akagi, Larry Koonse, Joe LaBarbera, Charlie Shoemake, Mark Soskin, Kevin Hays, Billy Hart, Harvie Swartz, David Friesen, Clarence Seay, Ed Schuller, John Betsch, Wadada Leo Smith, Ronnie Burrage, Greg Bandy, Malcolm Pinson, Skip Hadden, Steve McCraven, Wayne Bartlett, Carlos Johnson, Karen Edwards.

Andrzej Kosendiak

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