Bronek Szalanski

VIEW MORE VIDEOSBRONISLAW SZALANSKI has moved around quite a bit, and you can tell by the variety of his releases. His career began in Poland and between 1996 and 2000 he performed on Jazz Radio Big Band, the International Jazz Festival in Olsztyn the International Jazz Gold Meeting in Llawa with Polish jazz great Jan Plaszyn Wroblewski at his 40th anniversary show and he came in third at the Jazz Juniors 24th International Competition. He also composed and performed original music for Nieboska komedia a theatrical production by Not Gods Comedy performed at the Kwadrat Theatre in Warsaw. He spent 2000 in Germany where he played a national tour with "B" SHoP (a project he started in 1997) and at the Jazz Garden Festival in Frankfurt Germany with Dr. Burkard Kunkel on bass clarinet. In 2001 he moved to Chicago, where he performed at various venues including Andys The Green Mill, Weeds with The Temple Trio featuring R.J. Temple on guitar and Howard Davis on drums and at Some Like It Black with Mel Davis on drums. He returned to Poland in 2002 to record soundtracks to three Polish films Podskora ,Cubic and Plaza. He moved to Ireland the following year where he performed in Sligo at the Solo Festival and in Dublin at the Spiegel Tent fest with Kai Little Big Band. That same year he recorded and produced a self-titled CD in Poland with the Bronislaw Szalanski ELECTRIC, featuring Konrad Zemler on guitar and Hubert Zemler on drums. In 2004 he explored funkier territory with Irelands New Colour Soul, with whom he recorded Lifes A Party and went on a 25-date nationwide tour, achieved chart success and appeared on RTE 2s ID+ ,The Dave Fanning show and FM104s Strawberry Alarm Clock. He also formed The Bronek Szalanski TRIO with Justin Carol on electric organ and drummer Sean Carpio. The following year was a busy one as it saw Szalanski performing with reggae band Alligator at the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire ,experimental laptop duo Double Adaptor at Live at the Village Vanguard and the Dirty Jazz Band at the Open Jazz Festival; forming the Bronek Szalanski DUBLIN PROJECT with bassist Dave Redmond and drummer Conor Murray and continuing with New Colour Soul who received a Meteor Music Award nomination for Best New Irish Band. He is currently living and playing in Barcelona supporting the recent release of newest full-length "Tria" as well as the BARNA PROJECT. He is also playing and recording an EP in the experimental duo HYDROBRONEK with laptop artist Quiet.VIEW MY PHOTOS