{"id":3518,"date":"2021-02-11T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T06:04:19","slug":"radek-nowicki-quartet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2021\/02\/11\/radek-nowicki-quartet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazztopad Festival Presents: Radek Nowicki Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>February 13 at 2 PM EST \/ 11 AM PST<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Duration: 60-70 min<br>Live streaming and video recording available at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/polishmusic.usc.edu\">Jazz at Lincoln Center<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/polishmusic.usc.edu\">Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdhCikwUyBX6xSRNML2mAlw\" target=\"_blank\">Polish Cultural Institute New York YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vREjC4WaiqM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztopad.pl\">Jazztopad Festival<\/a><\/strong>, in partnership with<strong> Polish Cultural Institute New York <\/strong>presents <strong>The Great Improvisation<\/strong> <strong>series online<\/strong> live streamed from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/en\/\">National Forum of Music<\/a><\/strong> (NFM) in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland. The series presents various faces of jazz \u2013 from bold avant-garde and daring improvisation through to the mainstream. The ideal acoustics of the NFM halls provide a perfect environment for both young Polish bands as well as established artists. The series has presented such musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Bobo Stenson, Gregory Porter, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko, Kuba Wi\u0119cek, Brad Mehldau, and Dianne Reeves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 2 PM (EST), 11 AM (PST), Radek Nowicki Quartet. Free live streaming at <a href=\"https:\/\/jazzatlincolncenter.squarespace.com\">Jazz at Lincoln Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/polishmusic.usc.edu\">Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/strong>One of the most distinctive voices of Polish jazz saxophone brought together an all-star band to explore improvisation deeply rooted in and inspired by tradition of such jazz giants as Wayne Shorter or John Coltrane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Radek Nowicki Quartet<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>founded in 2005 performed mainly in Warsaw\u2019s jazz club Tygmont. In 2007, Jazz Forum released an album of the quartet entitled <em>Live<\/em>, which resulted in an invitation to the \u201cChopin and his Europe\u201d festival for a performance with Makoto Ozone, Jazz Jamboree 2007, and the 10th Summer Jazz Academy 2017 with Kasia Pietrzko. RNQ&#8217;s music is often based on the idea of simultaneous, collective improvisation. Compositions by Nowicki lead to open structures and are a pretext for mutual interaction of musicians creating music open to new ideas and expressions. All members of the quartet are graduates of jazz faculties and departments at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Two of them (Nowicki and Jaros) also graduated from the Jazz Department of the F. Chopin 1st and 2nd degree State Music School in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/RNQ-2-small.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3522\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/RNQ-2-small.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/RNQ-2-small-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.pl\/en\/artist\/radek-nowicki\">Rados\u0142aw Nowicki<\/a><\/strong> is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, distinguished by his own characteristic tone. He is a prize-winner at solo competitions: Monte Carlo Jazz Soloist Competition, and the 3rd International Jazz Competition in Szczecin. As an accompanist&nbsp; and co-founder of various bands, Nowicki received the Jazz Juniors 1999 (III) award, the Siedlce Jazz Standards Festival (Grand Prix), and in 2004 the Kultursalon H\u00f6rbiger award in Vienna. Nowicki has collaborated with such great musicians as inter alia, Micha\u0142 Tokaj, Artur Dutkiewicz, Aga Zaryan, Micha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz, Marita Alban Juarez, Jerzy Ma\u0142ek, Krzysztof Pacan, Pawe\u0142 Kaczmarczyk, Monika Borzym, Grzegorz Karnas and recently with Marcin Wasilewski Trio. The saxophonist has also performed with Tomasz Sta\u0144ko in the concert project \u201cPEYOTL\u201d, realised together with Andrzej Smolik, and was also a member of Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski\u2019s Big Band. Apart from the quartet, the saxophonist\u2019s most important endeavors include Nowicki \/ \u015awi\u0119s \/ Frankiewicz trio. In 2013 Nowicki was nominated for a Fryderyk Award of the Phonographic Academy in the Jazz Album of the Year category (for <em>Pathfinder<\/em> released by Multikulti Records).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.pl\/en\/artist\/michal-tokaj\"><strong>Micha\u0142 Tokaj<\/strong><\/a>, pianist, composer and arranger, a leader of his own trio, nominated and awarded with numerous Fryderyk Music Awards by the Phonographic Academy. Micha\u0142 Tokaj is the winner of the first prize at the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Katowice and two-time winner of the Jazz Juniors. He is known for his collaboration with Eddie Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Victor Lewis, Monty Waters, Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Ewa Bem, Henryk Mi\u015bkiewicz, Piotr Wojtasik, Piotr Baron, Darek Oles, Grzegorz Nag\u00f3rski, Zbigniew Zaryan, \u0141ukasz \u017byta, Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski, Grzegorz Karnas, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Ingrid Jensen, Andrzej Jagodzi\u0144ski, Adam Cegielski, Czes\u0142aw Bartkowski, and S\u0142awomir Kurkiewicz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Double bass player <strong>Micha\u0142 Jaros <\/strong>was recognized in 1996 at Jazz nad Odr\u0105 festival in Wroc\u0142aw as the New Face of Polish Jazz, receiving the Grand Prix award. In the same year, together with The Newest Quartet, he received the 3rd prize and a distinction, and in 2002 the 1st prize in the Jazz Juniors competition in Krak\u00f3w. In 2003, he won the Grand Prix in the Hot Jazz Spring traditional jazz competition in Cz\u0119stochowa, receiving the Swinging Raven statuette. In 2009, he was a prize-winner of the Polish Radio Folk Festival. He is a winner of the Artistic Scholarship of the Minister of Arts and Culture for outstanding achievements. Jaros is known for his collaborations with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Ronnie Cuber, Judy Bady, David Linx, Patricia Barber, Doru\u017cka, Jerome Sabbagh, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski, Piotr Wojtasik, Maciej Sika\u0142a, Piotr Baron, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Aga Zaryan, Grzegorz Karnas, Bernard Maseli, Micha\u0142 Tokaj, and Marek Dyjak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Micha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz<\/strong>, drummer with an expressive, recognizable style. As a sixteen-year-old he made his debut in the band of Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski. A year later, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko invited him to collaborate. As a member of Sta\u0144ko\u2019s quartet, and later Marcin Wasilewski\u2019s trio, he participated in recordings for the prestigious German label ECM, and for many years performed on major European and US stages. With Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Micha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz won many awards, including the award of Polish Radio 3 \u201cMateusz 2011\u201d, and awards of the Phonographic Academy \u201cFryderyk\u201d for the albums <em>Trio<\/em> (2005), <em>January<\/em> (2008), <em>Faithful<\/em> (2011), and <em>Spark of Life<\/em> (2014). Micha\u0142 has collaborated with all the leading names in Polish jazz, as well as with the greatest names of world jazz, including: Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Dino Saluzzi, Arthur Blyth, Joe Lovano, John Surman, Mike Turner, Gregoir Maret, Anders Jormin, Palle Daniellson, Bobo Stenson, and Charles Lloyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Great Improvisation online series is presented by Jazztopad Festival and National Forum of Music, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York. 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The series presents various faces of jazz \u2013 from bold avant-garde and daring improvisation through to the mainstream. The ideal acoustics of the NFM halls provide a perfect environment for both young Polish bands as well as established artists. The series has presented such musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Bobo Stenson, Gregory Porter, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko, Kuba Wi\u0119cek, Brad Mehldau, and Dianne Reeves.\\nSaturday, February 13, 2021 at 2 PM (EST), 11 AM (PST), Radek Nowicki Quartet. Free live streaming at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music. One of the most distinctive voices of Polish jazz saxophone brought together an all-star band to explore improvisation deeply rooted in and inspired by tradition of such jazz giants as Wayne Shorter or John Coltrane.\\nRadek Nowicki Quartet, founded in 2005 performed mainly in Warsaw\u2019s jazz club Tygmont. In 2007, Jazz Forum released an album of the quartet entitled Live, which resulted in an invitation to the \u201cChopin and his Europe\u201d festival for a performance with Makoto Ozone, Jazz Jamboree 2007, and the 10th Summer Jazz Academy 2017 with Kasia Pietrzko. RNQ's music is often based on the idea of simultaneous, collective improvisation. Compositions by Nowicki lead to open structures and are a pretext for mutual interaction of musicians creating music open to new ideas and expressions. All members of the quartet are graduates of jazz faculties and departments at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Two of them (Nowicki and Jaros) also graduated from the Jazz Department of the F. Chopin 1st and 2nd degree State Music School in Warsaw.\\nRados\u0142aw Nowicki is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, distinguished by his own characteristic tone. 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In 2013 Nowicki was nominated for a Fryderyk Award of the Phonographic Academy in the Jazz Album of the Year category (for Pathfinder released by Multikulti Records).\\nMicha\u0142 Tokaj, pianist, composer and arranger, a leader of his own trio, nominated and awarded with numerous Fryderyk Music Awards by the Phonographic Academy. Micha\u0142 Tokaj is the winner of the first prize at the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Katowice and two-time winner of the Jazz Juniors. He is known for his collaboration with Eddie Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Victor Lewis, Monty Waters, Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Ewa Bem, Henryk Mi\u015bkiewicz, Piotr Wojtasik, Piotr Baron, Darek Oles, Grzegorz Nag\u00f3rski, Zbigniew Zaryan, \u0141ukasz \u017byta, Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski, Grzegorz Karnas, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Ingrid Jensen, Andrzej Jagodzi\u0144ski, Adam Cegielski, Czes\u0142aw Bartkowski, and S\u0142awomir Kurkiewicz.\\nDouble bass player Micha\u0142 Jaros was recognized in 1996 at Jazz nad Odr\u0105 festival in Wroc\u0142aw as the New Face of Polish Jazz, receiving the Grand Prix award. In the same year, together with The Newest Quartet, he received the 3rd prize and a distinction, and in 2002 the 1st prize in the Jazz Juniors competition in Krak\u00f3w. In 2003, he won the Grand Prix in the Hot Jazz Spring traditional jazz competition in Cz\u0119stochowa, receiving the Swinging Raven statuette. In 2009, he was a prize-winner of the Polish Radio Folk Festival. He is a winner of the Artistic Scholarship of the Minister of Arts and Culture for outstanding achievements. Jaros is known for his collaborations with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Ronnie Cuber, Judy Bady, David Linx, Patricia Barber, Doru\u017cka, Jerome Sabbagh, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski, Piotr Wojtasik, Maciej Sika\u0142a, Piotr Baron, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Aga Zaryan, Grzegorz Karnas, Bernard Maseli, Micha\u0142 Tokaj, and Marek Dyjak.\\nMicha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz, drummer with an expressive, recognizable style. As a sixteen-year-old he made his debut in the band of Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski. A year later, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko invited him to collaborate. As a member of Sta\u0144ko\u2019s quartet, and later Marcin Wasilewski\u2019s trio, he participated in recordings for the prestigious German label ECM, and for many years performed on major European and US stages. 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The series presents various faces of jazz \u2013 from bold avant-garde and daring improvisation through to the mainstream. The ideal acoustics of the NFM halls provide a perfect environment for both young Polish bands as well as established artists. The series has presented such musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Bobo Stenson, Gregory Porter, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko, Kuba Wi\u0119cek, Brad Mehldau, and Dianne Reeves.\nSaturday, February 13, 2021 at 2 PM (EST), 11 AM (PST), Radek Nowicki Quartet. Free live streaming at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music. One of the most distinctive voices of Polish jazz saxophone brought together an all-star band to explore improvisation deeply rooted in and inspired by tradition of such jazz giants as Wayne Shorter or John Coltrane.\nRadek Nowicki Quartet, founded in 2005 performed mainly in Warsaw\u2019s jazz club Tygmont. In 2007, Jazz Forum released an album of the quartet entitled Live, which resulted in an invitation to the \u201cChopin and his Europe\u201d festival for a performance with Makoto Ozone, Jazz Jamboree 2007, and the 10th Summer Jazz Academy 2017 with Kasia Pietrzko. RNQ's music is often based on the idea of simultaneous, collective improvisation. Compositions by Nowicki lead to open structures and are a pretext for mutual interaction of musicians creating music open to new ideas and expressions. All members of the quartet are graduates of jazz faculties and departments at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Two of them (Nowicki and Jaros) also graduated from the Jazz Department of the F. Chopin 1st and 2nd degree State Music School in Warsaw.\nRados\u0142aw Nowicki is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, distinguished by his own characteristic tone. He is a prize-winner at solo competitions: Monte Carlo Jazz Soloist Competition, and the 3rd International Jazz Competition in Szczecin. As an accompanist  and co-founder of various bands, Nowicki received the Jazz Juniors 1999 (III) award, the Siedlce Jazz Standards Festival (Grand Prix), and in 2004 the Kultursalon H\u00f6rbiger award in Vienna. Nowicki has collaborated with such great musicians as inter alia, Micha\u0142 Tokaj, Artur Dutkiewicz, Aga Zaryan, Micha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz, Marita Alban Juarez, Jerzy Ma\u0142ek, Krzysztof Pacan, Pawe\u0142 Kaczmarczyk, Monika Borzym, Grzegorz Karnas and recently with Marcin Wasilewski Trio. The saxophonist has also performed with Tomasz Sta\u0144ko in the concert project \u201cPEYOTL\u201d, realised together with Andrzej Smolik, and was also a member of Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski\u2019s Big Band. Apart from the quartet, the saxophonist\u2019s most important endeavors include Nowicki \/ \u015awi\u0119s \/ Frankiewicz trio. In 2013 Nowicki was nominated for a Fryderyk Award of the Phonographic Academy in the Jazz Album of the Year category (for Pathfinder released by Multikulti Records).\nMicha\u0142 Tokaj, pianist, composer and arranger, a leader of his own trio, nominated and awarded with numerous Fryderyk Music Awards by the Phonographic Academy. Micha\u0142 Tokaj is the winner of the first prize at the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Katowice and two-time winner of the Jazz Juniors. He is known for his collaboration with Eddie Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Victor Lewis, Monty Waters, Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Ewa Bem, Henryk Mi\u015bkiewicz, Piotr Wojtasik, Piotr Baron, Darek Oles, Grzegorz Nag\u00f3rski, Zbigniew Zaryan, \u0141ukasz \u017byta, Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski, Grzegorz Karnas, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Ingrid Jensen, Andrzej Jagodzi\u0144ski, Adam Cegielski, Czes\u0142aw Bartkowski, and S\u0142awomir Kurkiewicz.\nDouble bass player Micha\u0142 Jaros was recognized in 1996 at Jazz nad Odr\u0105 festival in Wroc\u0142aw as the New Face of Polish Jazz, receiving the Grand Prix award. In the same year, together with The Newest Quartet, he received the 3rd prize and a distinction, and in 2002 the 1st prize in the Jazz Juniors competition in Krak\u00f3w. In 2003, he won the Grand Prix in the Hot Jazz Spring traditional jazz competition in Cz\u0119stochowa, receiving the Swinging Raven statuette. In 2009, he was a prize-winner of the Polish Radio Folk Festival. He is a winner of the Artistic Scholarship of the Minister of Arts and Culture for outstanding achievements. Jaros is known for his collaborations with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Ronnie Cuber, Judy Bady, David Linx, Patricia Barber, Doru\u017cka, Jerome Sabbagh, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski, Piotr Wojtasik, Maciej Sika\u0142a, Piotr Baron, Gra\u017cyna Augu\u015bcik, Aga Zaryan, Grzegorz Karnas, Bernard Maseli, Micha\u0142 Tokaj, and Marek Dyjak.\nMicha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz, drummer with an expressive, recognizable style. As a sixteen-year-old he made his debut in the band of Jan \u201cPtaszyn\u201d Wr\u00f3blewski. A year later, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko invited him to collaborate. As a member of Sta\u0144ko\u2019s quartet, and later Marcin Wasilewski\u2019s trio, he participated in recordings for the prestigious German label ECM, and for many years performed on major European and US stages. With Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Micha\u0142 Mi\u015bkiewicz won many awards, including the award of Polish Radio 3 \u201cMateusz 2011\u201d, and awards of the Phonographic Academy \u201cFryderyk\u201d for the albums Trio (2005), January (2008), Faithful (2011), and Spark of Life (2014). Micha\u0142 has collaborated with all the leading names in Polish jazz, as well as with the greatest names of world jazz, including: Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Dino Saluzzi, Arthur Blyth, Joe Lovano, John Surman, Mike Turner, Gregoir Maret, Anders Jormin, Palle Daniellson, Bobo Stenson, and Charles Lloyd.\nThe Great Improvisation online series is presented by Jazztopad Festival and National Forum of Music, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York. 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