Guitarist Dustin Carlson Releases ‘Krakowians’

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Courtesy Grayson Dantzig

Dustin Carlson’s Krakowians is an ode to the city of Krakow, Poland. “My experience of Krakow is one of awe, bewilderment, and playfulness; the rich history and imposing architecture, the wild endless nightlife, the young musicians I met seemed to carry an excitement and earnestness that hit different than my colleagues in NY and the older people I met seemed to carry a wisdom that went much farther than my own sense of history.”

Krakowians is a quintet featuring, Bartosz Dworak (violin) his brother Kuba Dworak contrabass, Slawek Pesda tenor sax, David Fortuna drums, and Dustin Carlson guitar. It was recorded in July 2018 by Ignacy Gruszecki at Monochrom Studio.

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data-original-title=”” title=””>Dustin Carlson is a composer and guitarist from New York. He is the guitarist in the Webber Morris Big Band, collaborator with Kate Gentile and Nathaniel Morgan in the band Secret People, he has performed and recorded with notable artists such as Micheal Attias, Matt Mitchell, Anna Webber, Kate Gentile, Adam Hopkins, Jeff Davis, Satoshi Takeishi, and is a long time collaborator with Berlin based trumpeter Brad Henkel. He has been commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music as well as and Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Lucia Lin. His first record Air Ceremony came out in 2017 on Out of Your Head Records.

Sławek Pezda

saxophone, tenor

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data-original-title=”” title=””>Sławek Pezda – saxophonist, improviser, composer, leader and founder of the bands THE FLASH! and Sławek Pezda Quartet. According to the magazine “Jazz Forum,” one of the best tenor saxophonists in Poland. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, department of jazz and contemporary music. Winner of many prestigious competitions with various musical styles, such as Jazz Juniors, Tarnów Jazz Contest, Krokus Jazz Festival, Key to Career, Baszta Jazz Festival, Art Of Improvisation. He has recorded and released many studio and concert albums. He has performed at the largest jazz festivals in Poland and abroad.

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data-original-title=”” title=””>Dawid Fortuna—drummer. Fortuna holds a Master’s degree in both Classical and Jazz Music from the Krakow Academy of Music. He has performed with many renowned Polish musicians including Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Leszek Możdżer, Joachim Mencel, Wojciech Groborz, Dominik Wania, Aga Zaryan, Jerzy Małek, and many others.

Kuba Dworak

bass, acoustic

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data-original-title=”” title=””>Kuba Dworak, a bassist (b. 1991 in Poland, currently living in New York City and Radgoszcz, Poland), He has worked with leading musicians internationally, including Urszula Dudziak, Janusz Muniak, Ernie Watts, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, David Binney, and Mark Turner. His theater and art collaborations include an Art Basel commission for William Kentridge. Kuba completed his BA and MA degrees specializing in jazz double bass at the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music at the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. He also holds a second MA degree in jazz double bass and music production from the Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland, where he studied with Larry Grenadier.