Marcin Wasilewski (pianist)

This article is about the jazz musician. For the football player, see Marcin Wasilewski.

Marcin Wasilewski
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]

Discography

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales	Certifications
		POL [3] [4] [5]	US Jazz [6]
Trio	Released: February 15, 2005 [7] Label: ECM Records Formats: CD, digital download
January	Released: January 21, 2008 [8] Label: ECM Records Formats: CD, digital download [9]	23	21
Faithful	Released: March 4, 2011 [10] Label: ECM Records Formats: CD, digital download [11]	26	14	POL: 5,000+ [12]	POL: Gold [13]
Spark of Life , with Joakim Milder	Released: October 10, 2014 Label: ECM Records Formats: CD, digital download [14]	20	23	POL: 5,000+ [12]	POL: Gold [15]
Live	Released: September 14, 2018 Label: ECM Records Formats: LP, CD, digital download
Arctic Riff, with Joe Lovano [16]	Released: June 26, 2020 Label: ECM Records Formats: LP, CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Appearances

Album	Year	Ref.
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]

References

1. Nicholson, S. In Conversation with Marcin Wasilewski Archived 2011-09-18 at the Wayback Machine , Jazz.com accessed November 21, 2011.
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3. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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8. "January - Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Muzyka - WP.PL". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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11. "Faithful by Marcin Wasilewski, Michal Miskiewicz & Slawomir Kurkiewicz on iTunes". iTunes. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
12. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Regulamin". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
13. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Złote płyty CD - Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Archived from the original on November 26, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
14. "Spark of Life by Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joakim Milder on iTunes". iTunes. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
15. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Złote płyty CD". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Archived from the original on November 23, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
16. Ham, R. "Marcin Wasilewski Trio/Joe Lovano - Arctic Riff". downbeat.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020.
17. "Soul of Things - Tomasz Stańko | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
18. "Suspended Night - Tomasz Stańko,Tomasz Stańko Quartet | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
19. "Neighbourhood - Manu Katché | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
20. "Lontano - Tomasz Stańko,Tomasz Stańko Quartet | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
21. "Playground - Manu Katché | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
22. "Forever Young - Jacob Young | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.