Marcin Wasilewski Trio – 30th Anniversary Tour

Marcin Wasilewski Trio – 30th Anniversary Tour 2024

In 2024 the Marcin Wasilewski Trio is celebrating their 30th anniversary in style, and we invite you to be a part of their extraordinary journey. Established in 1990 by 15 years old students of music high school: pianist Marcin Wasilewski and bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz, who were joined in 1994 by drummer Michal Miskiewicz (17 years old at the time), has been playing in this unchanged line-up ever since. The trio has achieved international recognition for their exceptional talent and ability to captivate audiences, leaving a lasting impression with their powerful and emotionally charged performance with depth and sheer musicality.

For the past three remarkable decades, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio has graced the world of jazz with their extraordinary talent and unwavering commitment to musical excellence. With a career spanning 30 years, this trio has become synonymous with storytelling through their music. Their remarkable journey includes collaborations with jazz luminaries like Tomasz Stanko, Joe Lovano, Charles Lloyd and more, along with the release of seven exceptional albums under the ECM Records.

In their native Poland, they are unquestionable jazz stars, with their exceptional contributions to the music landscape. Throughout their career, they have maintained a consistent standard of artistry, connecting deeply with audiences and leaving an indelible mark on the global jazz community.

In 2005 and 2011 Marcin Wasilewski was voted „piano rising star” in DownBeat Magazine’s Critics and Readers Polls. Four albums of the Trio („Live” 2018, „January” 2008, „Faithful” 2011 and „Spark Of Life” 2014) were also ranked on the Billboard’s Jazz Album Charts, while in Germany, the band was nominated for the German Jazz Award 2022 (Deutscher Jazzpreis) in the Best International Band category.

In addition to many International awards, Wasilewski and Trio hold the record for the most Fryderyk Music Awards in jazz (11 statuettes), the country’s most esteemed music accolade, named after composer Frédéric Chopin.

Earlier this year the Marcin Wasilewski Trio has once again been voted the Best Acoustic Band for 2023 in Poland in the Annual Jazz Forum Magazine’s “Jazz Top 2023” Reader’s Poll. Michał Miśkiewicz has (again) been voted the Best Drummer, Sławomir Kurkiewicz secured 2^nd place on double bass and Marcin Wasilewski placed 3^rd on piano. Wasilewski Trio wins this poll continuously since 2018 (the readers’ poll has been interspersed with a critics’ poll every two years). Jazz Forum Magazine stands as the oldest and most esteemed Polish jazz publication. 

“The iron favourite in the Acoustic Ensemble classification is the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, which has been operating for more than 30 years with an unchanged line-up, culminating last year with a residency at New York’s iconic Village Vanguard club by invitation of saxophone titan Joe Lovano” – as stated Jazz Forum’s editorial comment.

Continuing to carry the torch of the Polish jazz tradition from Krzysztof Komeda, through Tomasz Stanko, to the world, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of Polish jazz on the global stage.

In 2024 Trio will tour intensively, celebrating 30 years together.