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Grzegorz Rogala \u2013 Trombone\/Looper
Frank Parker \u2013 drums
Anders Grop \u2013 double bass
Special guest \u2013 Roman Ott \u2013 alto saxophone<\/p>\n

Modern Jazz\/Cross over (Etno&Classical)<\/em><\/p>\n

P.G.R. \u2013 in short \u201eProject (of) Grzegorz Rogala\u201d, 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 \u201aold good magic.\u2018 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.<\/p>\n

The \u201eJazz Party\u201c program consists of songs with a strong emotional charge and expressive, danceable rhythms. We have \u201eJazz Party,\u201c based on the harmony of the New Orleans standard \u201eWhen the Saints,\u201c and \u201eCuban Report,\u201c set in a rumba rhythm, as well as \u201eMajazzur\u201c and \u201eCzerwone Jadody,\u201c full of Slavic expression and vigor. To balance it all out, there\u2019s Scandinavian melancholy. Most of these appeared on P.G.R.\u2019s first two albums, \u201eEnthuzjazzm\u201c and \u201ePoezjazz.\u201c

<\/p>\n

Musicians contributing in the project:<\/p>\n

Roman Ott<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 alto saxophone<\/p>\n

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 \u201eOutstanding Solo Award\u201c 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 Volksb\u00fchne, Hau 1, and Vagantenb\u00fchne, collaborating with directors such as R. Pollesch, C. Gro\u00df, U. Schall, and C. Mylord. As a leader, he has recorded 2 albums with Kurt Rosenwinkel.<\/p>\n

Grzegorz Rogala<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Trombone\/Looper\/Leader<\/p>\n

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

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).<\/p>\n

Discography: \u201eKattorna\u201d \u2013 Kattorna (2007)\u201eStraying To The Moon\u201d \u2013 Kattorna (2010), \u201eEnthuzjazzm\u201c \u2013 P.G.R. (2011), \u201eBallady i Transe\u201d \u2013 Agnellus (2012), \u201ePoezjazz\u201d \u2013 PGR & Zilberman (2014), \u201eKapela Polonica\u201d \u2013 G.F. Telemann (2018 \u2013 Producer) \u201eBal dlaubogich.Tribute to Tuwim\u201d \u2013 Agnellus (2019) \u201ePolish Psalter\u201d \u2013 P.G.R. (2020) \u201ePolish Psalter vol. 2\u201d \u2013 P.G.R. (2023), \u201ePie\u015bni Wolno\u015bci\u201d (2023)Leader of such projects He has performed at festivals such as: Krzysztof Komeda\u2019s Festival, Summer Jazz Academy, G\u0142ogowskie 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: \u201eIndependent\u201d.<\/p>\n

Collaboration: Maciej Obara, Grzech Piotrowski, \u0141ukasz Pawlik, W\u0142odek Pawlik, Pawe\u0142 Pa\u0144ta, Cezary Konrad, Maciej Sika\u0142a, Rosario Guliani, Roman Ott, Wiliam Cepeda,<\/p>\n

Frank Parker<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 drums<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Anders Grop<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 double bass<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rogalamusic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProjektGrzegorzaRogali<\/a><\/p>\n


Eintritt: <\/span>15\/10 \u20ac<\/span><\/div>\n

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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 \u201aold good magic.\u2018 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.\nThe \u201eJazz Party\u201c program consists of songs with a strong emotional charge and expressive, danceable rhythms. 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Ott also works as a music director, composer, arranger, and actor at Berliner Volksb\u00fchne, Hau 1, and Vagantenb\u00fchne, collaborating with directors such as R. Pollesch, C. Gro\u00df, U. Schall, and C. Mylord. As a leader, he has recorded 2 albums with Kurt Rosenwinkel.\nGrzegorz Rogala\u00a0\u2013 Trombone\/Looper\/Leader\nA graduate of the Jazz Institut Berlin. Scholarship holder Berklee College of Music (Boston). He studied with Jiggs Whigham, and Phil Wilson.\nAchievements: 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).\nDiscography: \u201eKattorna\u201d \u2013 Kattorna (2007)\u201eStraying To The Moon\u201d \u2013 Kattorna (2010), \u201eEnthuzjazzm\u201c \u2013 P.G.R. (2011), \u201eBallady i Transe\u201d \u2013 Agnellus (2012), \u201ePoezjazz\u201d \u2013 PGR & Zilberman (2014), \u201eKapela Polonica\u201d \u2013 G.F. Telemann (2018 \u2013 Producer) \u201eBal dlaubogich.Tribute to Tuwim\u201d \u2013 Agnellus (2019) \u201ePolish Psalter\u201d \u2013 P.G.R. (2020) \u201ePolish Psalter vol. 2\u201d \u2013 P.G.R. (2023), \u201ePie\u015bni Wolno\u015bci\u201d (2023)Leader of such projects He has performed at festivals such as: Krzysztof Komeda\u2019s Festival, Summer Jazz Academy, G\u0142ogowskie 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: \u201eIndependent\u201d.\nCollaboration: Maciej Obara, Grzech Piotrowski, \u0141ukasz Pawlik, W\u0142odek Pawlik, Pawe\u0142 Pa\u0144ta, Cezary Konrad, Maciej Sika\u0142a, Rosario Guliani, Roman Ott, Wiliam Cepeda,\nFrank Parker\u00a0\u2013 drums\nBorn 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\u2019s 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.\nAnders Grop\u00a0\u2013 double bass\nOriginally 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. 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