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Bartosz Hadala
In 2010 Bartosz moved to Canada (Toronto), where he performs with drummers: Adam Hay, Mark Kelso, Marito Marques, bassists Mike Downes and Rich Brown, or saxophonist Chris Gale among others.
Also in 2010, Bartosz joined the Piloo Records and Production label to release his first jazz album entitled “The Runner Up”, featuring jazz greats, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and drummer Antonio Sanchez. The album has been well received by the critics, who praised Bartosz for his musicianship and his compositions.
In the last 10 years, Bartosz visited Poland on many different occasions where he performed as leader and sideman with many legendary Polish jazz musicians such as: Jacek Pelc, Jarek Śmietana, Piotr Olszewski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Maciej Sikała as well as recent Grammy Winners bassist Paweł Pańta and drummer Cezary Konrad.
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Take Five with Bartosz Hadala
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Meet Bartosz Hadala Bartosz Hadala was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and started his musical education at the age 7 at the local School of Music. Still as a teenager he participated in competitions, workshops and festivals. He became the youngest finalist in the Mieczyslaw Kosz International Jazz Piano Competition at the age 15. Two years later he was awarded a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in jny: Boston, MA. In 1996, he left for Odessa, Ukraine, to study ...
read moreNew releases from Bartosz Hadala, Luke Norris and Manteca
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by Bob Osborne
There are three featured albums this week... Bartosz Hadala moved from New York City to Toronto in 2010 and began writing music for his next album. In time, new compositions took shape, and Hadala started to assemble his first electric band. It had been a decades-long dream to pay tribute to his idol, Chick Corea, and in Toronto Hadala found players who helped him in realizing his dream. Together with a remarkable group of talented artists, Hadala entered ...
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Bartosz Hadala is a name of which more people should be made aware. Based in Poland, he is a world-class pianist and a contemporary composer with serious jazz chops. His debut, The Runner Up--a winner in every way--finds him in superb company, with some top names in jazz. Ten solid, fresh compositions--all original tunes, with the exception of Dizzy Gillespie's A Night In Tunisia"--feature excellent performances by all parties, most of the songs performed by a septet. Up front, the ...
read moreBartosz Hadala Group Releases 'Three Short Stories'
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Polish-Canadian pianist and composer Bartosz Hadala is thrilled to announce the release of his new jazz album, Three Short Stories, the highly- anticipated follow-up to his critically- acclaimed and successful debut jazz album, The Runner Up (featuring Randy Brecker & Antonio Sanchez). Three Short Stories invites the listener to share Hadala's deeply personal journey through a musical narrative presented through arrangements which are unique yet accessible and delivered with brilliant musicianship. Recorded at one of jny: Toronto's premiere studios, Revolution ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bartosz Hadala
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My musical journey has begun around the age of 6 when I discovered my father\'s vinyl collection of Dixieland music. Right from that moment I let my passion for music guide me through life... more
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The music is mainstream modern Jazz, with clear melody lines and classic instrumentation approach, which clearly places the album in the American rather than European Jazz category. It is perfectly executed, with many excellent solos and professionalism evident at every step. The compositions are truly first-rate, and are the strongest asset of this album. Hadala´s piano playing is absolutely wonderful, elegant and expressive but perhaps slightly too conventional for more advanced listeners. Nevertheless the overall level of the music and especially the compositions are praiseworthy.
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True North X
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Any Way
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Salt Water
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