{"id":1712,"date":"2021-03-23T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T16:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2021-03-23T21:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:02:54","slug":"leszek-mozdzer-music-you-cant-just-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/leszek-mozdzer-music-you-cant-just-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer: Music You Can’t Just Ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At age fifty and with a steadily successful, three-decade career, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer<\/strong><\/a> has built a solid international reputation and consolidated himself as the best contemporary Polish jazz pianist. His incursion into jazz during his early twenties was well-cemented by collaborations with renowned musicians such as\u00a0Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski<\/a>,\u00a0Tomasz Sta\u0144ko<\/a>,\u00a0Micha\u0142 Urbaniak<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Piero\u0144czyk<\/a>\u00a0to name a few. His first individual mention at the International Jazz Juniors<\/a> ’92 Competition in Krak\u00f3w was the starting point of an avalanche of awards sloping down for two decades including two Fryderyk<\/a> awards: Jazz Musician of the Year (1998) and Album of the Year (2011) for the film music album, Kaczmarek by Mo\u017cd\u017cer.<\/h5>\n
From the plethora of noteworthy projects Mo\u017cd\u017cer is involved in, two stand out for their influence and impact in the world of jazz in Poland and abroad: (1) the Enter Enea Festival<\/strong><\/a> in which he acts as artistic director and recently hit the one decade milestone in 2020; and (2) the international trio\u00a0with Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson and Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco<\/strong><\/a>, which has sprouted several tours and albums including “Just ignore it,”<\/em> the latest one featuring the Holland Baroque<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
On the occasion of his 50th birthday, here’s a selection of Les\u0142aw Mo\u017cd\u017cer’s\u00a0<\/span>music. Let us know what you think.<\/h5>\n

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Follow & Listen<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Pasodoble. Lars Danielsson, Leszek Mozdzer<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Mo\u017cd\u017cer Danielsson Fresco – Eden, Wroc\u0142aw 2006<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Mo\u017cd\u017cer Danielsson Fresco & Holland Baroque – Don’t Give Up (Just Ignore It)<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Gloria Campaner & Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer – Live at Enter Enea Festival 2017<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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His international reputation as one of the outstanding pianists in jazz is founded on his groundbreaking and smooth interweaving of sound aesthetics and mixing the culture of classical music with the openness and energy of jazz.<\/em><\/h4>\n

actmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mo\u017cd\u017cer’s swaying swing and slow-melody nuances suggest Keith Jarrett at times, but his outbursts of percussive playing, flinty treble-note sparks and staccato drum-pattern sounds are all his own.<\/em><\/h4>\n

The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

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I consider him to be the greatest talent among Polish jazz pianists of recent years”, “Personally, I think Leszek is the best Polish pianist.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\u2014 Zbigniew Preisner (mozdzer.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Mo\u017cd\u017cer Danielsson Fresco – Smells Like Teen Spirit, Gda\u0144sk 2005<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n