MARTA WAJDZIK QUARTET

Marta Wajdzik is an extremely talented eighteen-year-old saxophonist associated with Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa from an early age. She took her first jazz "steps" during the concerts of music school students on the Festival Promotion Stage. Then, as a soloist, she took part in the Bielski Jazz Gala at the Klimat club during the 20th anniversary edition of the festival. She also appeared at the gala of the 47th Traditional Jazz Festival "Złota Tarka" in Iława. A year later, as a leader, she presented her original "Marta Wajdzik Project" at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa and during the Sopot Jazz Festival. Despite her young age, she has already performed with such greats as: Urszula Dudziak, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Robert Majewski and the Golc Brothers. She has received many awards and distinctions, to mention: (2017) Best soloist of the Artistic Education Center competition for jazz bands in Warsaw; Best soloist at the 20th Young Jazz and Blues Bands in Gdynia festival; 1st prize at the 10th Tarnów Jazz Contest festival; (2019) 1st place in the soloist-instrumentalist category of the Blue Note Poznań Competition; Grand Prix Junior Młyn Jazz Festival. Marta is a technically very advanced saxophonist and a composer with a great imagination. She has composed all the material for the album herself, which will be released by the Sztuka Teatr Association, and the gala premiere of which will begin with the LOTOS Jazz Festival at the 22nd Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa. The album was recorded with the participation of the best jazz musicians in our country, and its musical director and pianist is Paweł Tomaszewski, dean of the Jazz and Popular Music Department of the Academy of Music in Katowice.

MARTA WAJDZIK QUARTET "MY PLANET" Marta Wajdzik - alto saxophone Paweł Tomaszewski - piano, rhodes piano Robert Kubiszyn - bass Paweł Dobrowolski - percussion