Tomasz Stańko, a jazz artist, trumpeter and composer of international fame.

Unique tones of his trumpet sound in the most prestigious venues in the world, and his music is recorded by a highly regarded company, ECM Records. His music received many awards, recently the European Jazz Award in 2002, twice the Australian Bell Award on the Melbourne Jazz Awards in the category of the International Jazz Album of the Year for “Soul of Things” and “Suspended Night”, and the Order of Rebirth of Poland for lifetime achievement. He is one of few European jazz artist whose art has gained recognition in the United States, the cradle of jazz. In 2008, for the third time in a row, a prestigious American magazine, DownBeat, hailed him the 6th trumpet of the world in their annual critics’ survey.

Although the critics often compare him to Miles Davis and Chat Baker, Stańko has his own, unique artistic language. The lyrical, acute tone of his trumpet, the magical and magnetising atmosphere of his music, his extraordinary charisma as a leader and as a man, all of them create his legend.

“One of the most original and creative jazz trumpeters in the world.”
The New Yorker

“The trumpeter of freedom – freedom of soul, thought and jazz.”
The New York Times