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Przemyslaw Straczek
Przemysław Strączek - jazz guitarist, composer, producer, graduate of the Academy of Music. Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, two-time winner of the Master Jazz Guitarist Competition. Marek Bliziński in Warsaw, one of the seven finalists of the global soloist Thailand International Jazz Conference Solo Competition in Bangkok. For many years he has been present in the ranking of the best Polish guitarists according to Jazz Forum readers - Jazz Top. In 2013, he received the Special Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for artistic achievements. Since 2011, he has been co-creating international projects as a leader with musicians from different continents, presenting contemporary trends in jazz and ethno-jazz music. His sixth album, Fig Tree, was widely echoed by music journalists and critics in Poland and abroad, receiving many positive reviews. He collaborated and gives concerts with outstanding artists, incl. Andy Sheppard, Xu Fengxia and Janusz Muniak. He also received the Award of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship in the field of music for 2015. He has made concert tours with his own music in many countries of the world, including in Poland, England, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Thailand, China, Singapore and Malaysia, performing at many international jazz festivals and in socio-cultural centers.
Awards
1. III prize in Master Jazz Guitar Competition( Warsaw 2001, 2003) 2. II prize in Miles Davis Jazz Competition (Kielce, Poland 2002) 3. One of the Seven Finalists of Jazz Contest on Thailand International Jazz Conference (Bangkok, 2011) 3. Special Award of the Polish Minister of Culture for artistic achievements (2013) 4. The Silesian Voivodeship Marshal’s Award in the field of music for 2015
Gear
Lorraine, Moffa Guitar, AER apm, Fender Twin
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Przemyslaw Straczek: Fig Tree
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by Friedrich Kunzmann
Some jazz guitarists try to bring a fresh perspective to their craft via a crowd of effects pedals. Others incorporate influences of modern popular music in order to create something new. In some cases they'll do both. On his sixth album as a leader, the Polish guitarist Przemyslaw Straczek more or less chooses to stay within the conventions of sound and composition but puts a unique spin on things through his own melancholic tone. Prudence and patience characterize ...
read moreJazz Forum magazine 6/12 about Evans album Two guitarists undertook the difficult task of interpreting maestro’s work. They raised the bar incredibly high and simultaneously decided on an ascetic form of a guitar duo. To render an intimate language of Evans into a guitar language seems to be a complicated task to perform, but so is the very conception of a duo. However, a private formula, the lightness with which young artists handled the works of a classic, as well as peculiar instrumentation contributed a little to freeing Evans from a magic spell: they were able to preserve a melancholy mood, and simultaneously infused plenty of freshness and youthful heart into this music … They splendidly complement each other, creating a harmonizing duo: Strączek, playing gently and softly, sets up a base for his overseas friend’s dynamic and confident play
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Sankoi
From: Cultural ConceptBy Przemyslaw Straczek
Lustro
From: Fig TreeBy Przemyslaw Straczek
Movements
From: Three ContinentsBy Przemyslaw Straczek
White Grain of Coffee
From: White Grain of CoffeeBy Przemyslaw Straczek