Jan's international core duo with Polish pianist from a collaboration over
several years featuring virtuoso keyboards, passionate saxophone and textural
rhythms. Their duetting also finds larger settings in trios and quartets
as in their recent 2012 Polish tour
JAN
KOPINSKI saxophones (UK)
WOJCIECH KONIKIEWICZ piano/keyboards
(Poland)
Jan first worked with Wojciech whilst touring Poland with PINSKI ZOO in the 80’s. They subsequently recorded an album, ZONE K, together with former Pinski Zoo drummer steve Harris (UK), and have furthered their musical relationship with tours in the UK and Poland.
ZONE K album is available on SLAM Productions,
."A
high
energy set from a trio of innovatory musicians" -
Jazz
Journal
Wojciech is a composer and pianist who has worked tirelessly in Warsaw leading numerous groups and writing and performing for film, TV, chamber and sacral work. He has toured extensively in Europe, Japan, Asia and the US
As
part of a commission received by Jan, he toured with Wojtek as a duo performing
and filming in more remoter regions of Poland, performing from Warsaw to
Przemysl.
.