Marcin Wasilewski | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Marcin Wasilewski |
Origin | Poland |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer |
Instrument | Piano |
Marcin Wasilewski (born 1975 in Slawno, Zachodniopomorskie) is a Polish pianist and composer. [1]
Wasilewski established a musical partnership with bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz as the Simple Acoustic Trio in the early-1990s. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko mentored the group for several years before recruiting the trio as his working band in 2001. [2]
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Trio |
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January | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Faithful | 26 | 14 |
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Spark of Life , with Joakim Milder |
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Live |
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Arctic Riff, with Joe Lovano [16] |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Album | Year | Ref. |
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Tomasz Stańko Quartet – Soul of Things | 2002 | [17] |
Tomasz Stańko Quartet – Suspended Night | 2004 | [18] |
Manu Katché – Neighbourhood | 2005 | [19] |
Tomasz Stańko Quartet – Lontano | 2006 | [20] |
Manu Katché – Playground | 2007 | [21] |
Jacob Young – Forever Young | 2014 | [22] |
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