Grzegorz Rogala – Trombone/Looper
Frank Parker – drums
Anders Grop – double bass
Special guest – Roman Ott – alto saxophone

Modern Jazz/Cross over (Etno&Classical)

P.G.R. – in short „Project (of) Grzegorz Rogala”, is a jazz project expressing the idea of connecting cultures and musical genres. It includes influences from ethnic music, classical, hip-hop, and even biblical themes, as can be heard on the albums Enthuzjazzm (2011), Poezjazz (2014), Polish Psalter (2020), and Polish Psalter vol 2 (2023). The latest edition of P.G.R. is an expedition to which Rogala invited Anders Grop from Sweden and Frank Parker from the USA, as well as an outstanding jazz saxophonist from Germany. Roman Ott is a unique saxophone talent; his distinctive sound and playing must be experienced in person, to feel the ‚old good magic.‘ The artist, who could be talked about for a long time and has two albums with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel to his name, embodies the swing tradition in its hot variant.

The „Jazz Party“ program consists of songs with a strong emotional charge and expressive, danceable rhythms. We have „Jazz Party,“ based on the harmony of the New Orleans standard „When the Saints,“ and „Cuban Report,“ set in a rumba rhythm, as well as „Majazzur“ and „Czerwone Jadody,“ full of Slavic expression and vigor. To balance it all out, there’s Scandinavian melancholy. Most of these appeared on P.G.R.’s first two albums, „Enthuzjazzm“ and „Poezjazz.“

Musicians contributing in the project:

Roman Ott – alto saxophone

special guest (Germany) He is an outstanding German saxophonist, whose unique sound and compositional style set him apart from others. He studied jazz saxophone, piano, composition, and arrangement at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and UdK Berlin. In Maryland (USA), he received the „Outstanding Solo Award“ for his saxophone playing. As a bandleader, he performs with his quartet in international jazz clubs and at festivals. Ott also works as a music director, composer, arranger, and actor at Berliner Volksbühne, Hau 1, and Vagantenbühne, collaborating with directors such as R. Pollesch, C. Groß, U. Schall, and C. Mylord. As a leader, he has recorded 2 albums with Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Grzegorz Rogala – Trombone/Looper/Leader

A graduate of the Jazz Institut Berlin. Scholarship holder Berklee College of Music (Boston). He studied with Jiggs Whigham, and Phil Wilson.

Achievements: individual distinction at the FAMA festival (2005), winner of the festivals: Nadzieje Warszawy and the Berlin Jazz & Blues Award (with the Kattorna band). Member of the international bigband European Colors Jazz Orchestra. Winner of the Phil Wilson Award. (2009).

Discography: „Kattorna” – Kattorna (2007)„Straying To The Moon” – Kattorna (2010), „Enthuzjazzm“ – P.G.R. (2011), „Ballady i Transe” – Agnellus (2012), „Poezjazz” – PGR & Zilberman (2014), „Kapela Polonica” – G.F. Telemann (2018 – Producer) „Bal dlaubogich.Tribute to Tuwim” – Agnellus (2019) „Polish Psalter” – P.G.R. (2020) „Polish Psalter vol. 2” – P.G.R. (2023), „Pieśni Wolności” (2023)Leader of such projects He has performed at festivals such as: Krzysztof Komeda’s Festival, Summer Jazz Academy, Głogowskie Jazz Meetings, Jazz in Ruins, Od Nowa Jazz Festival, Ancona Summer Jazz (Italy), Marigliano Jazz Festival (Italy), Leipziger Jazz Tage (Germany), Sounds no Walls (Germany), Jazz Ahead (Germany), Flugery Lwowa (Ukraine), Stockholm Jazz Festival (Sweden),In year 2018 he composed music to poems of Polish Poets from XIX-XXIc. and arranged for soprano and string quartet in frame of funded by Polish Culture Ministry programm: „Independent”.

Collaboration: Maciej Obara, Grzech Piotrowski, Łukasz Pawlik, Włodek Pawlik, Paweł Pańta, Cezary Konrad, Maciej Sikała, Rosario Guliani, Roman Ott, Wiliam Cepeda,

Frank Parker – drums

Born in Harvey, Illinois, Frank Parker began playing the drums at the age of five. In 1991, Frank was selected as the top drummer for the Illinois Music Educators Association jazz program. He received a scholarship to attend Western Illinois University in 1991 and graduated in 1995 with a degree in music business. In 1999, Frank joined the Kurt Elling Quartet with whom he performed internationally for five years and recorded the Grammy nominated cd, Man In the Air. He has performed with ensembles which featured Benny Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Andy Bey, Mark Murphy, Joe Lovano, Bobby Watson, John Patitucci, Kevin Mohogany, Karl Denson, Jon Hendricks, Martin Short, Arturo Sandoval, and Chris Potter. Frank has also worked as a music educator teaching drums, percussion, and music business courses at Benedictine University and Columbia College. Currently, he is performing with Michal Urbaniak , Marcin Pospieszalski, Mike Parker’s Trio Theory, Free Cooperation, Tie Break, and the Maciej Fortuna Trio. He also leads his own ensembles which features music from the jazz, funk, dance, pop, Afro, Latin, dance, and electronic music styles.

Anders Grop – double bass

Originally from Stockholm, Sweden, has been living in Berlin since 2001. He studied ensemble conducting at the Stockholm Musical Institute and has worked as a freelance musician and music teacher in the field of jazz and popular music since 1995. Since 2007, he has been a jazz ensemble instructor at the Berlin Jazz School. As a bassist, he plays in numerous Berlin ensembles and was a member of the Berlin Big Band and the Flintstones Big Band. He also works as a theater musician in variousBerlin theaters and has toured Scandinavia, Germany, France, Greece, Poland, Russia, and the USA.

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