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Adam Czerwiński


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Producer – Adam Czerwiński, born 2 July 1965. Polish jazz drummer, leader, sideman and co-creator and member of numerous bands operating on the Polish music scene over the last 30 years.
Every day, Adam Czerwiński is involved in several of his own projects, with which he presents various shades of jazz. In addition, he is also a session musician, composer, arranger, producer and teacher lecturer.

Adam Czerwiński began his musical career in the mid-1980s as a vibraphone player for Jerzy Partyka's Big Band Gdańsk. Luckily, he wanted us to know him today as an excellent drummer. He decided to devote himself fully to this instrument during the jazz workshops in Chodzież, where - due to the lack of a vibraphone - he went as a drummer.

Since then, his playing has provided a stable rhythmic foundation to many known and respected musicians. Among them were such figures of the Polish jazz scene as Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Wojciech Karolak and Janusz Muniak.

A separate chapter in Adam's activity is cooperation with American musicians such as Art Farmer, Garry Bartz, John Abercrombie, Larry Goldings, Bennie Maupin and Karen Edwards. In addition, the drummer also proved himself as a composer, arranger and the band leader.

In the environment, known primarily as a long-term, trusted collaborator of Jarosław Śmietana, with whom he recorded over twenty albums and played hundreds of concerts as a permanent member of his band. After the premature death of the leader, Adam Czerwiński became the initiator, producer and co-creator of the double album Friends - Music of Jarek Śmietana, on which a wonderful, musical tribute was paid to a lost friend by several dozen musicians from around the world, including Krzesimir Dębski, Piotr Baron, John Scofield, Jerry Goodman, Eddie Henderson and many others. This album, subjected to the mastering process at Abbey Road Studios, was also released on vinyl.

The latest period of musical activity of Adam Czerwiński is, among others, cooperation with the outstanding violinist Nigel Kennedy both in the studio and in stylistically diverse concert programs, covering the repertoire from classical music to interpretations of works by Jimi Hendriks. A noteworthy moment in Adam's career was a performance at London's Royal Albert Hall alongside such celebrities as Jean-Luc Ponty and Robert Plant. Over the past three decades, Adam Czerwiński has performed together in several dozen countries, including such exotic corners of the world as Japan, South America, the Middle East and Australia.

Distinguished in the field of music education as a lecturer in music workshops throughout Poland, for ten years Adam Czerwiński conducted his own classes in Gdańsk under Polish-German cultural cooperation under the aegis of the Reconciliation Foundation - documented by three albums, recorded by workshop participants. The drummer is also a laureate of distinctions granted by opinion-forming industry magazines Jazz Forum as well as Guitar and Bass. In addition to the obvious, direct contribution as a performer and composer, Adam Czerwiński contributed to the popularization of jazz music in Poland as a co-founder of the famous festival Jazz in the Forest , which since 1996 gathers every year excellent performers and dedicated listeners from Poland and abroad.

ALBUMS


Adam Czerwiński, Wojciech Padjas*
J.S. Bach Music Of The Heavens
2024
Adam Czerwiński featuring Jarek Śmietana*, Bennie Maupin, Larry Goldings, Larry Koonse, Darek Oleszkiewicz
No Name Yet
2023, Vinyl Turquoise, 180 g, Gatefold, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Wojtek Karolak* Featuring Marcin Wądołowski, Adam Czerwiński, Tomek Grzegorski*, Przemek Dyakowski*
80th Birthday Concert
2022
Wojciech Karolak, Adam Czerwiński
In A Sentimental Mood Live In The Studio
2018, Vinyl Red Transparent, 180g, Gatefold,
Adam Czerwiński
Kiedy Byłem
2018
Adam Czerwiński
Friends - Music Of Jarek Śmietana
2014, 2x CD Digipack, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jarek Śmietana*, Yaron Stavi, Adam Czerwiński Featuring Hamiet Bluiett
The Good Life (Music Of Ornette Coleman)
2009, CD, Album, JSR Records (3),
Adam Czerwiński, Darek Oleszkiewicz
Pictures
2009
Śmietana* • Karolak* • Czerwiński*
Polish Standards
2007, CD, Album, JSR Records (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Adam Czerwiński & Darek Oleszkiewicz
Raindance
2005, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Emil Kowalski, Lesław Możdżer*, Cezary Paciorek, Janusz Mackiewicz, Adam Czerwiński
Children Of Bird
1999, CD, Album, Jazz Art Collection, Jazz Art Collection
John Abercrombie, Jarek Smietana*, Harvie Swartz, Adam Czerwiński
Speak Easy
1999
Art Farmer
Art Farmer In Wrocław
2024
Adam Makowicz
Blue Sapphires
2023
McCoy Tyner Trio
Live in Gdynia
2021
Various
Four Faces
2021
Marcin Wądołowski
Private Channels
2021
MAP (21) & Krzesimir Dębski / Wojciech Niedziela
2 Out Of 2: AC Records Acoustic References For Audiophiles
2020, 12", Maxi, RSD, Ltd, 180, AC Records (5), AC Records (5)
Dutkiewicz* / Niedziela* / Orzechowski* / Stankiewicz* / Tokaj* / Wyleżoł*
Piano Sketches
2019, Vinyl 180g, Gatefold, ,
Contemporary Jazz
MAP (21) Feat. Krzesimir Dębski
Grooveoberek
2019
Jarek Śmietana*
A Story Of Polish Jazz
2018
Adam Czerwiński Band
Hollywood Album
2003
Jarek Śmietana* & Wojtek Karolak*
Phone Consultations
1996, CD, Album, GOWI Records
Marcin Wądołowski Quintet
Blue Night Session
2013, CD, Dig, Allegro Records (4)
Marcin Wądołowski Quintet
Git Majonez
2011, CD, Album, Dig, Soliton
Jarek Śmietana Band
A Tribute To Zbigniew Seifert
2009, CD, Album, JSR Records (3)
Janusz Mackiewicz Quintet
Frogsville
2008, CD, Ecnalubma Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Hollywood Trio
Hollywood Trio
2003
Jarek Śmietana Band
Out Of The Question
2001, CD, Album, Not Two Records
Smietana Groove Band
Ci Si Strut
2000, CD, Album, Ltd, PAO Records
Leszek Kułakowski Quintet
Interwały
1996, CD, Album, Polonia Records

APPEARANCES +


Adam Czerwiński Band
Cicha Noc
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Tur, AC Records (5)
Nigel Kennedy
My World
2016, CD, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Emil Kowalski
Swingujące 3-miasto
2014, CD, Album, Dig, Stoart
Jarek Śmietana* & Bill Neal*
Live! At Impart
2012, CD, Album, JSR Records (3), ,
Fusion/Electric Blues
Billy Neal & Jarek Smietana Band*
I Believe
2012, CD, Album, OzzyRecords, ,
Fusion
Wojciech Staroniewicz
A’FreAK-aN Project
2011, CD, Album, Allegro (4)
Jarek Śmietana* & Wojtek Karolak*
I Love The Blues
2011, CD, Album, JSR Records (3), ,
Fusion
Brad Terry Featuring Jarek Śmietana*
Brad Terry Plays Ellington
2011, CD, Album, RE, Medialogic, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Leszek Dranicki
Listy Jazzujące
2010, CD, Album, Soliton, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jarek Śmietana* & Wojtek Karolak*
Revolution
2008, CD, Album, JSR Records (3)
Śmietana*, Karolak*, Bzyk
Grube Ryby
2007, CD, Album, Metal Mind Productions
Jarek Śmietana* & Wojtek Karolak*
What's Going On?
2006, CD, Album, JSR Records (3)
Jarek Śmietana*
Autumn Suite
2006, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Jarek Śmietana*
Parallel Worlds (Ballet Music)
2004, CD, Album, JSR Records (3)
Piotr Zastróżny
Album
2004, CD, Alejazz
Jarek Śmietana Quintet Featuring Nigel Kennedy
Live At The Cracow Philharmonic Hall
2003, CD, Album, JSR Records (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Karen Edwards & Jarek Śmietana*
Everything Ice
2002, CD, Album, JSR Records (3), ,
Smooth Jazz/Free Jazz
Karen Edwards & Jarek Śmietana*
Everything Ice
2002, CD, Album, Medialogic (2)
Art Farmer
Art Farmer Plays Standards
2000, CD, PAO Records
Grzegorz Karnas
Reinkarnasja
2000
Jarek Śmietana* / Gary Bartz
African Lake
2000, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Jazz Goes To Town - Hradec Králové 1995 - 1998
1999, CD, Comp, Pylyjazz, P&J Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Jarek Śmietana* / John Abercrombie
Speak Easy
1999, CD, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Śmietana*, Styła*
Kind Of Life
1998, CD, Album, SelleS Enterprises, ,
Easy Listening/Pop Rock
Brad Terry Featuring Jarek Śmietana*
Brad Terry Plays Ellington
1997, CD, Album, Starling S.A., ,
Contemporary Jazz
Art Farmer
Art In Wrocław
1997, CD,
Piotr Baron
Tango
1996, CD, Album, Polonia Records
Chopin*
The Other Side Of Polonia Records Vol. 1
1995, CD, S/Edition, Polonia Records
Leszek Kułakowski Trio, Słupsk Chamber Orchestra*
Chopin And Other Songs
1995, CD, Album, Promo, Polonia Records
Jarek Śmietana*
Quartet
1994
Leszek Kułakowski
Black & Blue
1994
Lora Szafran
Lonesome Dancer
1990
Various
#muzykajestwazna
2022, 7", #muzykajestwazna
Various
Samples 2019
2019, CD, Smplr, AC Records (5), ,
Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz