Bronislaw Szalanski - baritone , tenor , alto saxophone
Hubert Zemler - drums , perc.
Roman Slefarski - drums

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BRONISLAW SZALANSKI has moved around quite a bit, and you can tell by the variety of his releases. His career began in Poland, and between 1996 and 2000 he performed on Jazz Radio Big Band, the International Jazz Festival in Olsztyn, the International Jazz Gold Meeting in Llawa, with Polish jazz great Jan Plaszyn Wroblewski at his 40th anniversary show, and he came in third at the Jazz Juniors’ 24th International Competition. He also composed and performed original music for Nieboska komedia,a theatrical production by Not Gods Comedy performed at the Kwadrat Theatre in Warsaw. He spent 2000 in Germany, where he played a national tour with B Shop (a project he started in 1998) and at the Jazz Garden Festival in Frankfurt, Germany with Dr. Burkard Kunkel on bass clarinet. In 2001 he moved to Chicago, where he performed at various venues,including Andy’s, The Green Mill, Weeds with The Temple Triofeaturing R.J. Temple on guitar and Howard Davis on drums,and at Some Like It Black with Mel Davis on drums. He returned to Poland in 2002 to record soundtracks to three Polish films;Podskora¸Cubic, and Plaza. He moved to Ireland the following year, where he performed in Sligoat the Solo Festival and in Dublin at the Spiegel Tent fest with Kai Little Big Band. That same year he recorded and produced a self-titled CD in Polandwith the Bronislaw Szalanski Electric, featuring Konrad Zemler on guitar and Hubert Zemler on drums. In 2004 he explored funkier territory with Ireland’s New Colour Soul, with whom he recorded Life’s A Party and went on a 25-date nationwide tour, achieved chart success and appeared on RTE 2’s ID+, The Dave Fanning show, and FM104’s Strawberry Alarm Clock. He also formed The Bronek Szalanski Trio with Justin Carol on electric organ and drummer Sean Carpio. The following year was a busy one, as it saw Szalanski performing with reggae band Alligator at the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire, e.......
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Łukasz Kamiński (Gazeta Wyborcza 20.04.07):
"(...)40 minut improwizowanego jazzu - zadziornego, niepokornego, pełnego sprzeczności. Chwilami muzyka jest piekielnie skondensowana, gęsta, nie zostawia meijsca nawet na chwilę oddechu. Za chwilę jednak otwiera się na zadziwiająco wielką przestrzeń, obezwładnia poczuciem nieskończoności. Potrafi być łagodna, nastrojowa, ale czasem kipi agresją (...)"


Projekt "Tria" powstał wiosną 2003 roku podczas sesji nagraniowej w Warszawskiej Akademii Muzycznej. Wkrótce po tym zespół zaczął grać koncerty, także z użyciem środkow wizualizacyjnych, co było wtedy nowością.
Bronislaw Szalanski i jego TriA gra muzykę improwizowaną ale album zawiera także niektóre muzyczne pomysły, melodie i rytmy powstałe podczas koncertów.

BRONISLAW SZALANSKI has moved around quite a bit, and you can tell by the variety of his releases. His career began in Poland, and between 1996 and 2000 he performed on Jazz Radio Big Band, the International Jazz Festival in Olsztyn, the International Jazz Gold Meeting in Llawa, with Polish jazz great Jan Plaszyn Wroblewski at his 40th anniversary show, and he came in third at the Jazz Juniors’ 24th International Competition. He also composed and performed original music for Nieboska komedia,a theatrical production by Not Gods Comedy performed at the Kwadrat Theatre in Warsaw. He spent 2000 in Germany, where he played a national tour with B Shop (a project he started in 1998) and at the Jazz Garden Festival in Frankfurt, Germany with Dr. Burkard Kunkel on bass clarinet. In 2001 he moved to Chicago, where he performed at various venues,including Andy’s, The Green Mill, Weeds with The Temple Triofeaturing R.J. Temple on guitar and Howard Davis on drums,and at Some Like It Black with Mel Davis on drums. He returned to Poland in 2002 to record soundtracks to three Polish films;Podskora¸Cubic, and Plaza. He mov.......
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