Piotr Schmidt Quintet

Saxesful

Concert lineup:

Piotr Schmidt – trumpet
Wojciech Myrczek– vocals
Henryk Miśkiewicz – alto saxophone
Maciej Sikała – tenor saxophone
Adam Wendt – tenor saxophone
Grzech Piotrowski – alto/tenor saxophone
Wojciech Niedziela – piano
Mariusz Bogdanowicz / Andrzej Święs – double bass
Sebastian Frankiewicz / Marcin jahr – drums

The Great Gala of Polish Jazz! The mega project Saxesful, originally recorded with, among others, the late Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski and Zbigniew Namysłowski, is an extraordinary tribute from the trumpeter to outstanding Polish saxophonists. The artistic program full of jazz standards, seasoned with top male vocals (Myrczek) is the perfect recipe for the final concert of a jazz festival and a large hall full of delighted audiences. The music refers to two albums (Vol. I - 2018 and Vol. II - 2021).

(...) Piotr Schmidt (born 1985) is certainly one of those Polish jazz mavericks. Not only is he well educated, talented and ambitious, but he is also a restless entrepreneur, record label owner, bandleader and educator who keeps constantly coming up with new ideas, keeping his jazz alive and kicking.
(...) This album is a multilayered tribute to the jazz tradition. It presents seven classic Jazz standards, each performed by the core quartet and featuring a different saxophonist. The list of the saxophonists reads like the who's who of Polish Jazz and is also an obvious tribute to Polish jazz itself.
Adam Baruch (The Soundtrack Of My Life)