Andrzej Jagodziński - pianist, composer and arrang
One of the best jazz pianists in Pola
He studied French horn and graduated from Music Academy. In 1975-80 he associated with the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Warsaw. The landmark of his carrier was the year 1979 when he got the prize as a pianist in Old Jazz Meeting "Złota Tarka" Competition. Since then he devoted himself to the piano and jazz. He has performed with the number of great Polish orchestras such as Old Timers, Swing Session, String Connection, Zbigniew Namysłowski Quartet, Janusz Muniak Quartet, Big Warsaw Band, Quintessence, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski's "Czwartet". In 1993 he established Andrzej Jagodziński Trio. The CD "Chopin" recoreded by the Trio was considered the CD of the year by the readers of Jazz Forum magazine in 1994 and it was awarded Fryderyk 94 - the prize of Polish Music Industry as well as Melomani '94 award given by Łódź Jazz Amateurs Association. Andrzej Jagodziński was awarded the prize of Polish Radio program 3 - Mateusz '94 for "Jazz Chopin and Poetry in Music