LONGING NEW ALBUM LONGING Ladies and Gentlemen, we are pleased to inform you about the new upcoming album by the New Bone jazz band quintet. Tomasz Kudyk’s band will enter the studio in December 2019 to record their sixth album. The expected premiere of the album is March 2020 via CM Records. Tomasz, the New Bone leader, dedicates this album to his late father, Jan Kudyk, a longtime leader of the Jazz Band Ball Orchestra. Tomasz Kudyk on the trumpet will be accompanied by Bartłomiej Prucnal on the alto saxophone and Dominik Wania on the piano. The album will feature original compositions by Tomasz Kudyk arranged for a jazz sextet and one piece by Jan Kudyk, in a special arrangement written by Wojtek Groborz. Judging by the previous New Bone albums, we can expect lyrical, nostalgic music in the form of a jazz narrative. Inspiration for the album goes back to the jazz mainstream developed in mid-20th century. Through this album and the music (recorded in S4 Studio in Warsaw), Tomasz Kudyk would like to express his gratitude and respect for his father, who at the beginning of his musical path was his inspiration and authority. “It is thanks to Dad that I am here today and continue to do what he used to do.” The project will be largely co-financed by the Municipality of Cracow and Tactica Pharmaceuticals. LONGING NEWBONE New Bone is a jazz quintet of successful musicians. Their five albums (including three original ones) established the band’s position in the Polish jazz scene. Authorities in the genre, such as Jarek Śmietana, Piotr Baron or Bogdan Chmura, spoke enthusiastically about their musical achievements. Positive coverage in Polish and foreign press has contributed to the increased interest in the band beyond the borders of our country. The group has received invitations to perform in the farthest corners of the globe and is currently working on further planned performances abroad. The band played in the second edition of Polish Stars of World of Jazz in Moscow, as well as during the International Delhi Jazz Festival in 2013. The New Bone were one of the headliners at the Varna Summer International Jazz Festival in Bulgaria in 2014 and took part in the Art Jazz Cooperation Festival in Ukraine in 2015. It is worth mentioning that while staying in India, New Bone was the first band in history to play a live jazz concert in Kashmir. In November 2018, at the official invitation of the Consulate General in Kaliningrad, the band performed as part of the Jazz in the Philharmonic concert series. In December 2019, they visited Belarus once again, where they performed in the Drama and Music Theater in Brest. NEWBONE NEWBONE NEWBONE LONGING “A story of longing and transience, told in the language of modern jazz. Perfectly scored, multi-faceted music in artful instrumentation, played by outstanding musicians. A mature and profound work.” Bogdan Chmura 2020 OD-JAZZ-DOWO “The immense power of arrangement and studies of individual motifs from performances, makes the fifth New Bone’s album, an album of JAZZ, a very JAZZ album, and charged with JAZZ as very few JAZZ albums with JAZZ compositions. It’s an album with no exaggeration in its title – it’s simply JAZZ madness.” Robert Ratajczak, longplayrecenzje.blox.pl, 2015 FOLLOW ME "The album Follow Me is a festival of arrangers. The quintet gives a perfect performance. Drums and bass are swinging precisely and together, the pianist proves once again his highest world-class, and the frontman copes with such difficult subject so well that the listener can not even guess, of how great difficulty they were to face." Piotr Baron, Jazz Forum 7-8, 2014 DESTINED "A team, led wisely by the leader, plays its own, original music, in which you can hear what is most important in jazz. Groove, swing, great sound, mature solos, attention to form and finally a beautiful balance between respect for tradition and the modern progressive music thinking. It features only the best artists." Jarek Śmietana, Jazz Forum 7-8, 2012 NEWBONE KWINTET NEWBONE Tomasz Kudyk Trumpeter, composer, graduated from the Academy of Music in Cracow. Jazz became his passion in high school, which doubtlessly came from his father, Jan Kudyk (leader of the Jazz Band Ball Orchestra). He gathered his musical experiences in home music lessons, participating in jazz workshops and essentially being surrounded with musicians. In 1996, he founded the jazz quintet New The band is composed of: Bone, with whom he recorded five albums, including three original ones: Something for Now (2004), It's Not Easy (2009), Destined Tomasz Kudyk - trumpet, flugelhorn (2012), Follow Me (2014), and on special commission from the Witkiewicz Theatre, Bartłomiej Prucnal - alto saxophone Odjazzdowo (2015). Tomasz Kudyk is the author of most compositions performed by the New Bone band. He collaborated with Dominik Wania - piano such musicians as Janusz Muniak, Maciej Sikala, Jarek Śmietana, Wojciech Karolak, Maciej Adamczak – double bass Arek Skolik, Joachim Mencel, Andrzej Cudzich, Jan Pilch, Mark Stryszowski, Leszek Dawid Fortuna - drums Kułakowski, Adam Pierończyk. In 2011, he was awarded the title of Doctor of Musical Arts in instrumental music and in 2015, the title of Habilitated Doctor in musical arts. He works as a lecturer in the Department of Contemporary Music, Jazz and Percussion at the Academy of Music in Cracow, where he teaches jazz trumpet. He has performed at many major festivals in Poland and abroad. KWINTET KWINTET Dominik Wania Bartłomiej Prucnal In 2005 he graduated with honors The youngest member of the band, from the Academy of Music in Cracow, he graduated from the Academy of in Professor Andrzej Pikul’s piano Music in Cracow, the Faculty of Jazz class. In the years 2006 to 2008, he and Contemporary Music, in the studied under Danilo Perez and Jerry Doctor Richard Krawczuk’s class. Bergonzi at the faculty of jazz in the He participated in, and won, many New England Conservatory of Music in festivals in Poland and abroad. Boston (USA). He is an active session Co-founder of the N.S.I. Formation musician, who collaborates and and composer of many of the band’s performs with Polish and foreign jazz songs. In 2012, they won the first prize greats such as: Tomasz Stańko, Piotr and Grand Prix at the 5th International Baron, Jacek Kochan, Maciej Sikała, Azoty Tarnów Jazz Contest (where Adam Pierończyk, Piotr Wojtasik, the jury included Kenny Garrett), and Grzegorz Nagórski, Janusz Muniak, also the first place and the Grand Zbigniew Namysłowski, Bronisław Prix at the Jazz Juniors contest. Suchanek, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, He collaborated with many respected Marcus Miller, Joey Baron, Lee Konitz, bands and musicians, including David Liebman, George Garzone, Leszek Żądło, Wojciech Groborz, Eddie Henderson, Nguyen Le, Gary Zbigniew Namysłowski Big Band, Thomas, and Marilyn Mazur. He has Jarek Śmietana, and Michał Urbaniak. won numerous awards in jazz competitions, e.g. he won the 2nd Jazz Piano Competition in Warsaw (2005). Apart from his concert activities, he is also a PhD student in the Department of Contemporary and Jazz Music at the Academy of Music in Cracow and the Jazz Institute of the Academy of Music in Katowice. Dominik Wania In 2005 he graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Cracow, in Professor Andrzej Pikul’s piano class. In the years 2006 to 2008, he studied under Danilo Perez and Jerry Bergonzi at the faculty of jazz in the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (USA). He is an active session musician, who collaborates and performs with Polish and foreign jazz greats such as: Tomasz Stańko, Piotr Baron, Jacek Kochan, Maciej Sikała, Adam Pierończyk, Piotr Wojtasik, Grzegorz Nagórski, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Bronisław Suchanek, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, Marcus Miller, Joey Baron, Lee Konitz, David Liebman, George Garzone, Eddie Henderson, Nguyen Le, Gary Thomas, and Marilyn Mazur. He has won numerous awards in jazz competitions, e.g. he won the 2nd Jazz Piano Competition in Warsaw (2005). Apart from his concert activities, he is also a PhD student in the Department of Contemporary and Jazz Music at the Academy of Music in Cracow and the Jazz Institute of the Academy of Music in Katowice. Maciej Adamczak Dawid Fortuna He graduated from the Faculty of Jazz He graduated from the Arthur and Contemporary Music at the Rubinstein Music School in Bydgoszcz, Academy of Music in Katowice, in where he studied under the tutelage Jacek Niedziela’s class of double bass. of an outstanding teacher, Miroslaw He won several national competitions, Zyta. A few years ago, he graduated including: Jazz Juniors (Marcin from the Academy of Music in Cracow, Zupanski Quartet, first prize, 1997) the Faculty of Classical and Jazz Jazz on the Odra, and Pomeranian Music. His achievements so far include Jazz Autumn. He collaborated with e.g. the participation in Krokus Jazz Eryk Kulm’s Quintessence, Krzysztof Festival, Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Popek Quartet, Janusz Skowron Jazz on the Odra (awarded in 2008), Quartet, Marek Bałata Quintet, first prize in the International Compe- Zbigniew Namysłowski Big Band, tition for Young Jazz Ensembles Jazz Wojciech Groborz Trio, and Piotr Juniors (2011,2012), participation in Baron Quartet. He currently lives in Polish and international festivals and, Cracow, where he often performs in a above all, performances with great club run by Janusz Muniak, a great Polish jazzmen. The band performed Polish saxophone player. He also with such great artists as Janusz teaches double bass class at the Muniak, Tomasz Stańko, Leszek Department of Jazz and Contempo- Możdżer, Adam Pierończyk, Joachim rary Music in the Cracow Academy of Mencel, Wojciech Groborz, Dominik Music. Wania, Sebastian Bernatowicz, Wojciech Karolak, Aga Zaryan, Paweł Kaczmarczyk, and Jerzy Małka.