TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

DagaDana, creators of playfully sensuous jazz-something music will be doing what they do at Rozrywki 3 on Mikołajska street on Wednesday night (16 November) at 21:00. This is part of their tour to promote their latest album, which is called Dlaczego Nie (which means “Why Not”). Tickets are 25 PLN the day before (that’s today!) or 35 PLN the day of the concert. Sample their music here, and then go. It’s a Polish / Ukranian band, and they’re a lot of fun live (I saw them last year at Drukarnia). They’re really good. And the concert costs less than it takes to purchase a piece of toast (or to pee, for that matter) in Venice. Just to put things in perspective.

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As every week Ptasiek invites you to free jam sesion.

Kazimierz, Dajwór 3

Starts 9pm

Tonight at the Manggha center at 21.00 you can see this band and hear their stormy, brooding sound. The band is called the Contemporary Noise Quintet — they are polish but well known beyond this country.

Pink Freud is one of the most original voices in modern jazz and not only. Energetic, spontanius, improvized music.

On Wednsday (13th of October)  they will performe in Rozrywki Trzy new opened club on Mikołajska street, this place suppose to be a new Beautiful Dog (Piekny Pies).

Skład:
Wojtek Mazolewski – bass
Adam Baron – trąbka
Tomek Duda – saxofon
Jerzy Rogiewicz – perkusja

Tickets: 25pln

Starts: 8pm

Rozrywki Trzy

Mikołajska 3

As every Wednesday Ptasiek invite to Jam Session.

Sometimes quiet and smooth, sometimes crazy and energetic, always satisfying.

Kazimierz, Dajwór 3, check on the map.

Free entrance, starts 9pm

If you are in the mood for listening JAZZZZ we can recommend to concerts for today, both related to Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica pod Baranami

One in Harris Piano Jazz Bar :

PGR & SAGIT Silberman – P.G.R. is a recent project of Grzegorz Rogala, insprated with jewish ortodox musik and  polish folk

S. Silberman – sax
G. Rogala – trombone
Ł. Borowiecki – bass
M.Bryndal – drums

Starts at 9:30 pm, Tickets 20 pln

Rynek Główny 28, check the map

or  Studnitzky Trio of  Herzog Records

in Auditorium of Radio Kraków

al. Słowackiego 22

Starts 7pm , Tickets 40pln regular, 20pln reduced

With proud pleasure The Manggha Center presents Sing Sing Penelope (self-described “modern European / Polish jazz”) mixing and collaborating with DJ Strangefruit. Paul “Strangefruit” Nyhus is a Norwegian legend (he is indiesputable! Do not dispute him!) and a veteran of the brutal and tragic Dance Music Wars of the late 90s which claimed so many young talents. He may count Nils Petter Molvaer as an ally and sometimes-collaborator, and also Röyksopp’s Thorbjørn Brundtland. The performers have been carefully prepared for their task, which will be the construction of an evolved dialogue between jazz and dance / electronica music. The musicians will begin their interaction on Tuesday at 20.00 and it’s free, unlike most of the things which happen at Manggha.

Fred Lonberg-Holm (USA) – cello
David Stackenäs (Norway) – guitar
Patric Thorman (Sweden) – bass

If you’re suffering from burning palms, yellowed skin, mysterious rashes or if you keep waking up in the middle of the night screaming for no particular reason, you might not be getting enough free jazz in your diet. The first step to recovery might be to visit the freshly formed Valentine Trio this Thursday evening. They’ll mix covers from artists as diverse as Sun Ra, Syd Barrett and Cat Power for an emotionally experimental evening.

The concert is at Alchemia (in Kazimierz) on Thursday, 12 November starting at 20:00.

Tickets are 30 Złoty at the door and 25 Złoty in advance.

On November 5 – 7 there will be a musical celebration of the late and legendary jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert. Check the website for a list of concerts with his colloborators, friends and admirers. A Kraków native, Seifert was a jazz giant when he died of cancer at 32. During his career he collaborating with Kryztow Komeda and other heroes of Polish (and nonpolish) jazz.

1st May, (Fri)

>>Concert; Open air concert at Mały Rynek
Voo Voo is a Polish jazz-rock band formed in 1985.
Joanna Slowinska is one of the best known female polish folk singers.

Where: Mały Rynek; start at 19:00, free

9th May,

>>Concert; Jazzanova

German DJ’s and Producers playing acid jazz, soul & broken beat. Sounds alright yeah? You better believe it!  These cats have been packing dance floors like nobody’s business for the last decade and have created a trademark style that many DJ’s the world over try and imitate. Hot beats. Frequent Jazzanova collaborator Clara Hill will also perform in Pauza and will handily fill the roll of acid Jazz Diva for the night. Supporting will be joined by up and coming british b-boy Ben Westbeech. Ben has been dabbling in modern Hip Hop and soul despite being a classically trained celloist. The whole concert will be VJ’ed by local lighting jedi – Temporary Space Design. These ambience gurus are certain to set the right chilled out but bumpin soul vibe.  So come down to Pauza and dig some deep cuts. Jazzanova – Nova Jazza.

Where: Pauza; Floriańska 18 (basement) start: 22.00

3rd May

>>Concert; The Hilliard Ensemble and Jan Garbarek

Anyone remember the Gregorian Chant craze that swept the world in the mid 1990′s…. yeah… that was weird.  Despite being a bit archaic and absurdly abstract, some of the chants and chanters that released albums were actually um quite fantastic (in a hypnotic meditative kind of way).  One of the best albums recorded during the medieval musical opportunism was Officium (ECM 1993) by British medieval vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble and Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek.  Even though the mix sounds potentially catastrophic the album turned out to be the legendary Jazz label’s most successful album in their history and turned the unlikely collaboration into a global sensation.  They toured extensively on the success and in 1999 recorded a follow up album and then Garbarek returned to his packed schedule as a premier Jazz sideman, bandleader, and new age music guru… and the Hilliard men… well.. kept getting medieval.  Now, 16 years after their breakthrough album Garbarek and the Ensemble are once again joining forces and touring the globe. They are presenting a mix of new material and hits (can you call a chant a hit?) from their two studio albums.

So, if it’s been far too long since you got your Gregorian Chant fix… grab the scented candles, a frock and get to the church on time!

Where: OO. Augustian Church;  ul. Augustiańska 7

17 Nov (Mon)

>>Matthew Shipp Trio
Matthew Shipp (USA) – piano
Joe Morris (USA) – bass
Whit Dickey (USA) – drums
Matthew Shipp – one of the most talented contemporary jazz composer and pianist. In mid 80s Shipp has begun his constant cooperation with William Parker. At first he played in David S. Ware’s quartet what brought him big succes (great recordings for DIW label). Then the fame came after concerts and records with trio with William Parker on bass and Whit Dickey or Susie Ibarra on drums. His recordings in duos with Rosco Mitchell and Mat Maneri were equally enthusiastically accepted. Shipp leads his own trios – one with William Parker and Guilermo E. Brown and second one with Joe Maneri and Whit Dickey, quartets – with different instruments, such as : Rob Brown on saxophone, Wadada Leo Smith or Roy Campbell on trumpet and Mat Maneri on violin. His solo projects are also very good. Shipp recently got involved in electronic music./after alchemia.com.pl/
www.matthew shipp.com
where: Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej “Manggha”, Konopnickiej street no.26, tickets 35/30 zl

4th Nov

>>HI Five, concert, start at 21:00
an evening with traditional jazz
A. Marchewka-kornet
M. Korzyńska – vocal
J. Giga-Morański – piano
M. Jamroga – double-bass
A. Popiel – drums
where: harris Piano jazz bar, Main Square 28, tickets: 10 zl

15th Oct

>>Charles Gayle Trio, concert,20:00
Charles Gayle – almost 70-year-old legend of free jazz. He spent almost 20 years playing on the streets of New York City. Gayle begun his professional career in mid 80s performing in clubs (e.g. Knitting Factory) and recording albums (the most important once for Silkheart, FMP, Thirsty Ear and Clean Feed). He cooperated with free jazz giants: William Parker, Rashid Ali and Chad Taylor among others. This coming show in Krakow (with Hilliard Green and Klaus Kugel) is a part of European tour promoting their latest record Forgiveness recorded in Jazzga club in Lodz in 2007. /after alechemia.com.pl/
where: alchemia club, corner of estery st. and Plac Nowy (kazimierz), tickets: 30/35zł

1 Oct (wed)

>>Sloan/Tokar/Trzaska/Hollander Quartet, concert, start:20:00
Howard Lee Sloan (USA) – piano
Mark Tokar (UKR) – bass
Mikołaj Trzaska (PL) – saxophones
Rick Hollander (USA) – drums
Lee Sloan – a pianist who steadfastly refuses to be labeled, boxed, categorized or pigeon-holed, Lee Sloan’s playing reflects an astonishing diversity of influences and a command of styles that flow in a virtual torrent of ideas and emotional intensity.
Mark Tokar graduated from Lviv Polytechnic University. Upon graduation he attended classical guitar classes at S.Lyudkevych Music College.
At the same time he starts to play double bass. During 2002-2004 he repeatedly participated in Krakow jazz workshops, directed by M. Parkinson (USA).
Mikołaj Trzaska – a composer, saxophone and bass clarinet player. Born in 1960 in Gdansk. He had begun study on Art Academy, but the fascination by jazz, especially John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman in 60s, made him quit Academy. He totally gives himself to jazz music from now on. Trzaska is a co-founder of a band called Miłość, one of the column of yass scene, leader of Łoskot. He has cooperated with Lester Bowie, Peter Brotzmann, Jochn Tchicai, Tomasz Stańko, Noel Akchote and Joe Giardullo; an author of dozens of records
Rick Hollander, born November 16, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan began studying the drums at the age of nine. He studied privately with Gene Stewart and Roy Brooks and later attended Oakland Community College for courses in music theory, piano and composition.
Hollander moved to New York City in 1979 and Europe in 1987./ after www.alchemia.com.pl/
where: Alchemia Club, corner of Estery St. andPlac Nowy, entrance:30/25

26 sep (fri)

>>Beat Bag Bohemia, concert, start:20:00
This quartet of four drummers – two of them come from Swiss (Peter Conradin Zumthor and Lucas Niggli), Rolando Lamussene from Mozambique and Kesivan Naidoo from Republic of South Africa – creates amazing atmosphere mixing rhythms, different cultural traditions and great fun. Their compositions (Lucas Niggli), arrangements and improvisations are on a very high level – orchestral sound for four drums sets./from alechemia.com.pl/
www.lucasniggli.com
where: Club Alchemia, corner of estery St. and Plac Nowy (Kazimierz), entrance: 25/30zł

25 Sep (thur)

>>Gutbucket, start:20:00
Ken Thomson – alto sax, Ty Citerman – guitar, Eric Rockwin – bass and Adam Gold – drums, are the members of New Yorker quartet that by its music refers to punk rock or hardcore jazz tunes. Getbucket is often compared to Lounge Lizards or Naked City. Their live performances are very impressive – full of amazing energy, humor, quotes and instrumental virtuosity /from alchemia.com.pl/
www.gutweb.com
where: alchemia club, corner of Estery St and Plac Nowy, (Kazimierz), entrance:30.25 zł

21 sep (sun)

>>Locksmith Isidore, concert, start:20:00
Two members of the group are already well known to Polish fans. Jason Stein, bass clarinet virtuoso, performed in Poland with Ken Vandermark’s Bridge 61; Jason Roebke with Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mike Reed and Jeb Bishop. Mike Pride, as the only one, had never been to Poland before but the jazz lovers had already a chance to listen to him with Tony Malaby and William Parker on the record called Scrambler. Locksmith Isidore’s debut (A Calculus Of Loss, Clean Feed label) still receives enthusiastic reviews in trade press. /after:www.alchemia.com.pl/
where: Alchemia Club, corner of Estery St and Plac Nowy (Kazimierz), entrance:20/25 zl

18 Sep (thur)

>>Fusion Jam Session, start:21:30
R. Krawczuk – saxophones
G. Bąk- bass
S. Bernatowicz – keyboard
A. Malik – drums
Everyone welcomed to come and jam
where: Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Main Square 28, free