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"Krzysztof Majchrzak. … inventor of his own sound and Master of the improvisation on the prepared bass " - JAZZi MAGAZINE
“Krzysztof Majchrzak plays so good that it’s difficult to find a reference in all Polish phonography. Some records with his participation I heard prove that it is great and excellent musician". - JAZZi MAGAZINE
“Bassist Majchrzak composed many of the pieces they performed. They were all deep, complex, and in your face. He play s with such delight and joy, it draws the audience in and you gradually understand the emotion of the piece, which is a collection of sounds unheard before by this avid listener. He has an original approach to the electric bass guitar that is entirely compelling”. Strange meters, like 7/4, then jumping to 4/4, just to keep you on your toes, it seemed. Icebergs by Krzysztof Majchrzak -- beautiful and very challenging. All the pieces I heard in the set and a half that I was there for, were in this manner of work, sometimes more than a little atonal, or multi-tonal, still extremely organized and expressive”.
Jim Corcoran - JAZZ SOCIETY of OREGON 2006
“Krzysztof Majchrzak, initially (one was made call) let us say Christophe Maïchak on bass. By comparison with the two precedents, its sonority is a little harder, sometimes with the limit of certain orchestras rock. But that sticks perfectly with the support which it can distribute liberally. In his choruses, he showed a great sensitivity thanks to the total domination of his instrument". - LE PROGRESS
Discography
1996: DRIVING LICENCE
2000: PRODIGAL SON
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Krzysztof Majchrzak :
Musician, Composer , Producer, Artistic Director of Indianapolis Studio", Artistic Director of "Jazz Urbain Festival " Krzysztof Majchrzak was born in Poland, permanently lives in France. Bass virtuoso, inventor of his own unique sounds, master of improvisation at prepared bass .
Coming from Czestochowa (Poland) he learned double bass at the National Music Academy. Author, composer, performer he has developed a refined style that has enabled him to play with the most importants Polish groups : Tie Break, New Jazz Band, Sunset, Symphonie Sound Orchestra, Labirynt featuring well known Polish musicians such as H. Gembalski, T. Szkalski, M. Zduniak, W. Kiniorski, J.Y. Iwanski, J. Smietana, R. Styla, A. Przybielski, M. Popieszalski, S. Sojka, K. Debski.... His talent also has allowed him to share the stage with people like E. Howell, T Bergeron, R. Hollander, W. Lang, Laurent Lévesque, Stéphane Lambert, Pascal Boudrault, and Philippe Garcia. His name thus has appeared on several albums that were recorded in Europe and the USA. He left Poland and met in France Tomasz Dziano during the "Jazz à Vienne Festival". Beyond their different musical backgrounds, they were able to connect around STREET BLUES's soul. From then on, his energy and generosity on stage, together with his improvisation skills, have brought a rare freshness to their blues. His very personal play, without denying his rhythmic function, highlights the vocals and guitar and is one of the key elements composing the band's musical flavour
He's led and confounded many musical projects, as LABIRYNT , GEMBALSKI - MAJCHRZAK - ZDUNIAK, STREET BLUES , DUNE, LONELY KOSMIKS , TIE BREAK, SUNSET, MAJCHRZAK PROJEKT, NEW JAZZ BAND,SYMPHONIC SOUND ORCHESTRA,Edgar Ravahatra Group, D.Y.M. , TOURMALINE, Exagere-Moi-Ensemble, LES LAST X, Grand Duc, Mohican, Z'Ebra, Poesique, l' O.G.R.E., Tom Bergeron QUARTET, M.G.B. Orchestra, Trio YMG.
Participated in tours and festivals in Poland, France, United States, Canada, Germany like "Montreal Jazz Festival", "N ancy Jazz Pulsations", "Festival d'éte in Quebec City" ,"Jazz Jamboree", "Jazz nad Odra", "Garden Blues", "Jazz a Vienne", "Francofolie French music festival in La Rochelle" .... invited "Jazz Festival Leverkusen", "Jazz Festival Bolzano"....
He took part in concerts organized by France Musique, France Inter, Radio France Internationale and Europe1 , and even appeared in a TV5 Canadian TV show and in USA television program/podcast for PJJ-TV in Portland
Tomasz DZIANO - voc, guitar
He was born in Lodz (Poland) and has practised music from an early age and eventually became a professional. He discovered blues in Poland where, despite communism, blues and jazz were widely popular. Even if, at that time, he had to boil his guitar strings to clean them, for want of getting any new ones, he remained faithful to the great masters of blues. As author, composer and performer he was influenced especially by John Lee Hooker, whose repertoire he has at his fingertips, and by Otis Rush. The band was built around his warm voice and his intense way of playing the guitar. As comfortable in solo with his guitar, in the great tradition of Juke Joint, as with the band, his style has stirred the blood of audiences in the various countries he has visited. His music owes as much to his personal and Poland's history as to his encounters with many blues-men he has played with in Europe and also in the USA.
They used to play with STREET BLUES:
Philippe "Pipon" Garcia, Henryk Gembalski, Tom Bergeron, Magic Slim, John Primer, Earl Howel, Manu Galvin, Jean Jacques Milteau, Janusz "Yanina" Iwanski, Fred Brousse, Manu Leger, Stephane Ranaldi, "Kouki" Portelano, Marek Marszalek, Franck Chiesa , Mel Brown
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