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Sing Sing Penelope

Modern Jazz from Europe/Poland

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Sing Sing Penelope is preaparing now the third album`s premiere. It`s titled "We Remember Krzeselko". It`s going to be released on 25.02.2008. Listen to the music from the album and see the video...The band established in Bydgoszcz (Poland) in year 2001 by young musicians playing in important polish and european jazz,free jazz, avant-garde and postrock formations. Connecting theirs experience and musical background, they created a new and interesting modern electro-acoustic style and musical language. Band comes from the legendary polish modern music club" BRAIN" (Mozg)
They released debiut album in march 2005 by Tone Industia- The Warsaw label.
Recently, In Summer 2005, the band has been invited to present its music during Warsaw Summer Jazz Days- the biggest international modern jazz festival in Central Europe.Also invited to Oxford University, CamerImage Festival, Polish Year in Germany 2006, etc.
Second album, 'music for umbrellas', was a very mature presentation of modern jazz music`s concept. It was released in June 2006 by Monotype Records.
Sing Sing Penelope has been classified by the biggest polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza to the most important new bands of 2006 in Poland next to: Leszek Mozdzer, Mikolaj Trzaska ,Oles Brothers, and Simple Acoustic Trio from Tomasz Stanko Quartet .
Sing Sing Penelope has been classified to 10 the best jazz/impro albums of 2005 by the London Radio Station Last.fm
All members of the group has succesfully taken part in important recordings, projects,festivals and concerts all over the Europe,playing with: John Dobie, Peter Kowald, Jon Rose, O.Magieres, P.Friis-Nielsen, N.Winther, C.Irgens-Moller, Brandon Furman, Loco Richter, Leszek Mozdzer, Tomasz Szukalski, Hanna Banaszak, Milosc, Ryszard Tymanski, Marek Kazana, Olo Walicki, Mikolaj Trzaska, Maestro Trytony, Jorgos Skolias,National Opera House,Pomeranian Philharmony, Polish National Theatre.
Presently the band prepars music for third album, called 'we remember krzeselko', which is going to be released on Spring 2008.

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Member Since: 5/26/2006
Band Website: singsingpenelope.com
Band Members:
Wojciech Jachna - trumpet

Tomasz Glazik - tenor sax, electronics

Daniel Mackiewicz - Rhodes piano, organ, percussion

Patryk Weclawek - bass

Rafal Gorzycki - drums
Influences: from J.S. Bach, through M. Davis/J. Coltrane/J. Hendrix/E. Dolphy to A. Schonberg/H. Lachenmann/K. Stockhausen
Sounds Like: sing sing
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fis & love - bydgoszcz, mozg, 2005

Concert on 650th Bydgoszcz Anniversary, 2003 - part I

Concert on 650th Bydgoszcz Anniversary, 2003 - part II
Record Label: Tone Industria, Monotype Records
Type of Label: Indie