Concert lineup:

Piotr Schmidt – trumpet
Paweł Tomaszewski – piano
Michał Barański – double bass
Sebastian Kuchczyński / Sebastian Frankiewicz – drums

Quintet: additionally David Dorużka / Jakub Mizeracki - guitar
Sextet: additionally Kęstutis Vaiginis / Grzech Piotrowski - saxophone

When the world thought that everything had been done with Komeda's work, unexpectedly, impressed by the album "Tribute to Tomasz Stańko" (SJRecords, 2018), Piotr Schmidt was approached by Krzysztof Balkiewicz - President of the Association for the Care of Krzysztof Komeda's Legacy, who gave him six compositions by the Polish Jazz ace discovered in the archive and previously unpublished. These compositions were to be included on the album "Moja słodka europejska ojczyzna", but in the end they did not appear on it and were lost... Until Piotr Schmidt took them up. The trumpeter arranged and released these findings in 2022 on the album "Komeda Unknown 1967".

Interpreted and arranged by Piotr Schmidt, Komeda’s manuscripts have become extraordinary music, uncannily faithful to Krzysztof Komeda’s spirit. The lost set is accompanied by two compositions from the original album: Lament nad Europą and Po katastrofie, which serve to bridge the two parts of Komeda’s opus. What a wonderful homage to Krzysztof Komeda on the 90th anniversary of his birth, from Piotr Schmidt & friends. Our European homeland seems to have been waiting for this music…
Krzysztof Balkiewicz, Chair of the Society for the Protection of Krzysztof Komeda’s Legacy, Art Direktor of Love Polish Jazz Festival

An extraordinary musical spectacle was created, in which Komeda's thoughts resounded after many years. (...) Both the invited foreign guests and Polish musicians found themselves in this material perfectly, building their own, colorful and multidimensional music, saturated with emotions, on its foundation.
Marek Romański, Jazz Forum