In direct contrast to the ambitious musical scope of his Nu Jazz-ish Melange Bleu (ACT, 2006), Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson teams up with Polish rising-star pianist Leszek Możdżer for Pasodoble, an ...

Krzysztof Komeda, the Polish musician and composer who died, age 38, in 1969, was a key figure in the emergence of European jazz, and remains a major source of inspiration for musicians across the ...

In the close-knit world of jazz pianism, Leszek Mozdzer appears like some blond, smiling visitor from afar. His music, too, is like a mysterious visitation, light-fingered, floating, bejewelled with ...

Germany's ACT label seems to be on a mission to introduce the world to Europe's rising new jazz-classical pianists. Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer is classically trained, but discovered jazz in his ...

When most people think of jazz, stylized images of smoky clubs and underground cellars in New Orleans and New York come to mind. Almost no one would think of Eastern Europe. But virtuoso jazz pianist ...

On November 5th, Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer will perform in the capital of Portugal, accompanied by Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco, who has Turkish heritage. Leszek Możdżer (on the right) and ...

Made up of Mikołaj Trzaska, Leszek Możdżer, Tymon Tymański, Jacek Olter and Maciej Sikała, the film presents the story of the "group of motherfuckers" - a cult jazz group called Love from the 1980s ...

"Polish jazz has a rich tradition and strong representatives; mature musicians take care of younger ones and support them," says Leszek Możdżer, one of the best-known Polish jazz pianists. The ...

The Polish pianist will be accompanied by one of the world's most renowned percussionists, Zohar Fresco, an Israeli musician of Turkish descent, specializing in ancient frame drums. Polish pianist ...

The flamboyant Polish pianist’s friends on this May 2014 performance were his regular trio and the Atom String Quartet, and here they join him in turn. The CD opens with Możdżer unaccompanied, ...

Dazzling Polish pianist Leszek Mozdzer pays homage to Krzysztof Komeda, composer of scores for many Polanski films, including Rosemary’s Baby. Mozdzer’s brilliant Art Tatum-ish right hand and the ...

An outstanding pianist, composer and producer, Leszek Możdżer is widely considered to be the greatest revelation of the Polish jazz of the last decade. Born in 1971, he has been playing the piano ...