Rafał Sarnecki - guitar,
Paweł Kaczmarczyk - piano,
Wojciech Pulcyn - bass,
Łukasz Żyta - drums
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MY GUITAR HEROS ARE: Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, Lionel Loueke, Paul Bollenback, Pat Metheny, Peter Bernstein, Brad Shepik, Dave Gilmour, David Tronzo, Adam Rodgers, Gilad Hekselman, Yotam Sliberstein, Ben Monder, David Doruzka, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Russel Malone, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, Allan Holdsworth, Mark Ribot, Foley, Grant Green, Jim Hall
OTHER "JAZZ" INFLUENCES: Miles, Herbie, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Garrett, Brad Mehldau, Return to Forever, Dapp Theory, Five Elements, Brian Blade Fellowship, Tim Berne, Steve Coleman, Chris Potter, Jason Moran, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Douglas, Chris Cheek, Donny McCaslin, Don Byron, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cannonball, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Smith
ROCK INFLUENCES: Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Hendrix, Hiram Bullock, Joe Perry, Angus Young, Marty Friedman, BB King, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Slayer, Death, Kreator, Carcass, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Vader, Radiohead
OTHER MUSIC THAT I LOVE: Michael Jackson, Police, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin, Kim Burrell, Fred Hammond, James Brown
Rafal Sarnecki is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger born in 1982 in Warsaw, Poland. Currently he is living and studying music in New York at the graduate jazz program at the Aaron Copland School of Music. Before that he graduated with distinction from the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at The New School University also in New York.
Rafał performed in 8 European countries. He played on many prestigous jazz festivals such as:
•„International Jazz Festival dedicated to Miles Davis” in Rijeka, Croatia,
•"Muhu Future Music Festival" in Estonia,
•International Music Festival "Rigas Ritmi" in Riga, Latvia,
•„Summer Jazz Festival in Cracow” and many other festivals,
Rafal is a winner of many prizes at jazz competitions including:
•The 1st prize at the „International Jazz Guitar Competition – Guitar City 2002” in Warsaw,
•The prize for the best instrumentalist at the „Jazz Standard Festival in Siedlce 2004”
In January 2008 Rafal recorded his first CD "Songs From a New Place" with Paweł Kaczmarczyk on piano, Wojciech Pulcyn on bass and Łukasz Żyta on drums. The CD contains Rafal's compositions and was released in October 2008. In February 2009 the it was nominated to the FRYDERYK 2009 award in the JAZZ DEBUT OF THE YEAR category. (FRYDERYK is the Polish version of the GRAMMY award)
Besides playing with his own quartet Rafał performed with some other well known Polish groups such as: Janusz Muniak Quartet, Maciej Strzelczyk Trio, Oktawia Kawęcka Group, Kuba Cichocki Quartet, Marita Alban Juarez Quartet, Piotr Rodowicz Trio, Ryszard Borowski Quartet, Marysia Sadowska.
During his education at The New School Rafał studied with some of the greatest jazz musicians in New York such as: Paul Bollenback, Buster Williams, Reggie Workman, Peter Bernstein, John Hicks, Adam Holzman, Joanne Brackeen and many others.
HEJ! Plyta "DZIKI JAZZ- Kamiński, Pater, Urowski, Gorzycki" jest juz we wszystkich dobrych sklepach muzycznych w Polsce. Zapraszamy.Pozdrowienia Serdeczne. New Album "Pater Kamiński Urowski Gorzycki" - Dziki Jazz Premiere 12.10.2009 Greetings.
Dzięki Rafał :) Akurat ten ostatni, stwierdziliśmy, że jeszcze musimy nad nim mocno popracować, żeby fajnie zabrzmiał ;) ale idzie ku dobremu, przede wszystkim jest krok naprzód :)
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