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Lukasz Zyta

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About Me

Lukasz Zyta (b. 1975 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) - received his initial musical education at the Arthur Rubinstein Primary and Secondary School of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland.He studied at and received his Master's Degree from the Jazz Institute of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland in 1998.His debut on the jazz stage was in 1993 - at Krakow's Jazz Juniors competition - as a member of the group Youth Formation. He was awarded First Prize at that same competition in 1995, when he appeared with the group Joint Venture, with whom he went on to take top honors at the Jazz Standards Festival in Siedlce (1996), as well as a Most Promising Group award at the European Jazz Competition in Hoeilaart, Belgium (1996). In 1998, he was First Prize Laureate at the Jazz Drummers' Competition in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, as well as receiving an Individual Distinction at the “Jazz Nad Odra” Festival in Wroclaw.He has performed, toured and/or recorded with a wide range of musicians, including a number of internationally renowned artists, many of whom he continues to work with on a regular basis. He has worked or works with a number of Poland's leading jazz musicians, including saxophonists Janusz Muniak, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Tomasz Szukalski, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Andrzej Olejniczak, Maciej Sikala, Henryk Miskiewicz and Piotr Baron; guitarist Jaroslaw Smietana, Marek Napiórkowski, trumpeter Piotr Wojtasik,Robert Majewski, trombonist Grzegorz Nagórski, pianists Wojciech Karolak, Artur Dutkiewicz, Kuba Stankiewicz, Joachim Mencel, Wojciech Majewski, Michal Tokaj and Piotr Wylezol, as well as bassists Andrzej Cudzich and Darek „Oles” Oleszkiewicz, Jacek Niedziela, Michal Baranski, among many others. His experience in accompanying vocalists is extensive, having worked with a range of singers that represents several generations of Poland's vocal jazz scene – Ewa Bem, Urszula Dudziak, Grazyna Auguscik, Iza Zajac, and currently with Aga Zaryan (Agnieszka Skrzypek). Some of the other artists he has worked with are: Bennie Maupin, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith,Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, David Murray, David Friedman, Bobby Watson, Brad Terry, Tuna Otenel, William Galison, Jaromir Honzak, David Doruzka, Steve Logan, Josefine Lindstrand, and others.Besides playing in jazz clubs and major concert venues throughout Poland, he has performed - to date – in: Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

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Music:

Member Since: 12/13/2007
Band Members:DAVID DORUZKA TRIO - G.Gershwin - "Who Cares" (David-g,Michal Baranski-b)BENNIE MAUPIN QUARTET (Bennie Maupin-ts, Michal Tokaj-p,Michal Baranski- b,Lukasz Zyta-dr)
Influences: "Papa" Jo Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Vernel Fournier, Mickey Rocker, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Tony Williams, Jack De Johnette, Billy Hart, Paul Motian, Roy Hayes, Ben Riley, Al Foster, Victor Lewis, Peter Erskine, Jorge Rossy, Lewis Nash, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Brian Blade, Bill Steward, Jon Christensen, Tony Oxley, Mark Guiliana, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Keith Jarrett, Bobo Stenson, Charles Lloyd, Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchel and many, many more...
Sounds Like: BENNIE MAUPIN QUARTET - "Early Reflections" (CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE 2008),MATEUSZ SMOCZYNSKI QUINTET - "Expressions" (TOKARNIA MUSIC 2008)PIOTR BARON - "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus" (CELESTIS 2008),DAVID DORUZKA - "Silently Dawning" (ANIMAL MUSIC 2008),GRZEGORZ NAGORSKI QUARTET - "Dedication" (BCD Records 2008) ,AGA ZARYAN - "Umiera Piekno" (COSMOPOLIS , 4EVER MUSIC 2007) ,JAROMIR HONZAK QUARTET - "Question To All Your Answers" (ANIMAL MUSIC 2007) ,LIBOR SMOLDAS TRIO - "On The Playground" (ANIMAL MUSIC 2007) ,PIOTR WYLEZOL - "Piano Trio" (PROFONICA 2006) , MICHAL TOKAJ TRIO- "Bird Alone" (GATS PRODUCTION 2003) ,KUBA STANKIEWICZ - "Chopin Songbook" op.74 (ACCORD 2003) ,JAROMIR HONZAK QUARTET - "Present Past" (INDIES RECORDS 2003) ,DOROTA MISKIEWICZ GOES TO HEAVEN - "Zatrzymaj sie" (GRAMI 2002) ,JACEK NIEDZIELA - "Historia Roku Minionego" (WALK AWAY RECORDS 2002) ,JANUSZ MUNIAK - "Annie" (NOT TWO RECORDS 2002) ,AGA ZARYAN - "My Lullaby" (NOT TWO 2002/COSMOPOLIS 2007) ,WYLEZOL/KOWALEWSKI/ZYTA - "Yearning" (NOT TWO RECORDS 2001) ,IZA ZAJAC - "Songs For Armstrong" (POLSKIE RADIO S.A. 2001) ,WOJTEK GROBORZ - "Yet Another BeBop Day" (NOT TWO RECORDS 2000) ,BOHDAN LIZON - "Moonlight Walk" (NOT TWO RECORDS 2002) ,IZA ZAJAC - "Iza Sings Duke" (JAZZ FORUM 1999) ,KAROLINA STYLA - "My Favorite Songs" (NOT TWO RECORDS 1999) ,ANDRZEJ CUDZICH QUARTET- "Simple Way" (CDSOUND INT. 1998) ,JOACHIM MENCEL - "Silent Way Of Miles D. (GOWI 1995)
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