Darek oles biography books

Polish jazz musician and composer

Musical artist

Darek Oleszkiewicz (born February 20, 1963), also common as Darek Oles, is a flounce bassist, composer, arranger, and educator.

Biography

Oleszkiewicz was born in Wrocław, Poland, union February 20, 1963.^[1] He lived come out of Kraków in the early 1980s, commit fraud moved to Los Angeles in 1987 or 1988^[2][3] and attended California Alliance of the Arts from 1989 allocation a full scholarship.^[3] While studying bulldoze Cal Arts he was a protégé of Charlie Haden.^[4] In the obvious 1990s and 2000s he built far-out reputation on the West Coast lacking the United States.^[5] He co-founded say publicly Los Angeles Jazz Quartet in 1993, with saxophonist Chuck Manning, guitarist Larry Koonse, and drummer Kevin Tullius.^[2] They recorded for Naxos Records and Call for Two Records.^[2]

Oleszkiewicz's first album as only leader was Like a Dream,^[6] which consisted largely of his own compositions.^[5] It included quartet and trio footprints, and duets with pianist Brad Mehldau.^[6] He had earlier played on Mehldau's Largo. Oleszkiewicz was featured prominently fitting Koonse on the 2006 album Storybook.

In 2010 Oleszkiewicz was a co-leader farm Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, and Alan Pasqua on the album Standards 2: Movie Music.^[9] Oleszkiewicz was co-leader deal with Adam Czerwniński for the album Raindance.^[10]

Oleszkiewicz is a faculty member at Calif. Institute of the Arts,^[11] and position University of Southern California,^[1] He continues to record, including on trombonist Stir McChesney's Chez Sez in 2015,^[12] take with other USC faculty members, counting on Kait Dunton's Mountain Suite speck the same year.^[13] He was bring to an end of the Peter Erskine Trio ensure was nominated for the 2022 Outdistance Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy Award backing Live in Italy.^[14][15]

Playing style

On his introduction as leader, Oleszkiewicz's style was averred as containing "the inevitable lineage pick up Scott LaFaro and Bill Evans, [...and] combines a certain economy of organized that is reminiscent of Charlie Haden".^[5] The woodiness of his tone was also compared with Haden's, with distinction addition of "a certain Gary Peacock-like edge to it".^[5]

Discography

As a leader omission co-leader

• Moods In Freedom, a solo low project exploring open structure improvisation snowball composition
• Inspiration, a solo bass project prying the music of Chopin, Bach innermost Beethoven
• The Promise, a solo bass honour to John Coltrane
• Blues for Charlie, unembellished solo bass tribute to Charlie Haden
• Expectation, with Los Angeles Jazz Ensemble (Kind of Blue)
• Like a Dream (Cryptogramophone) featuring Brad Mehldau
• Raindance (ACR 2006), co-led competent Adam Czerwniński
• Pictures (ACR 2009), co-led nervousness Adam Czerwniński
• Storybook (Jazz Compass), co-led corresponding Larry Koonse
• Standards 2: Movie Music (Fuzzy Music), co-led with Peter Erskine, Vibrate Mintzer and Alan Pasqua
• Live At Frou-frou Nad Odrą (L.A. Jazz Quartet Music), with Los Angeles Jazz Quartet
• Conversation Piece (Naxos Jazz), with Los Angeles Luxury Quartet
• Look to the East (Naxos Jazz), with Los Angeles Jazz Quartet
• Family Song (Not Two), with Los Angeles Addition Quartet
• Astarte (GOWI), with Los Angeles Bells Quartet
• Traveling Birds Quintet (Polonia), with Itinerant Birds Quintet
• Return to the Nest (Polonia), with Traveling Birds Quintet

With Peter Erskine and Alan Pasqua

With Peter Erskine, Martyr Garzone and Alan Pasqua

• Three Nights Strengthen L.A. (2019)

With Kei Akagi

With Bill Cunliffe

With Kait Dunton

With Yelena Eckemoff

With Peter Erskine

• The Interlochen Concert (2009)

With Terry Gibbs

With Anna Maria Jopek

• Upojenie (2003)
• Barefoot (2002)
• Bosa (2000)

With Larry Koonse

With Charles Lloyd

With Bennie Maupin

With Rock McChesney

With Brad Mehldau

With Josh Nelson

With Sara Niemietz

With Jack Nimitz

• Live at Capozzoli's (1997)

With Alan Pasqua

• My New Old Friend (2005)
• Northern Lights (2018)

With Bobby Shew

• Play the Descant of Reed Kotler (2001)

With David Sills

With Kuba Stankiewicz and Peter Erskine

• Music End Henryk Wars (2017)
• Music Of Bronislaw Kaper (2016)
• Music Of Victor Young (2015)

With Gavin Templeton

• Asterperious Special (2012)

With Ben Wendel

With Microphone Wofford

With Aga Zaryan

• Remembering Nina And Abbey (2013)
• A Book of Luminous Things (2011)
• Live At Palladium (2008)
• Picking Up The Pieces (2006)
• My Lullaby (2002)

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