Andy Middleton: soprano/tenor saxes
Piotr Wyleżoł: piano
Michał Barański: bass
Ferenc Nemeth: drums
The Piotr Wyleżoł Quartet captivates listeners with its gentle sounds, beautiful harmonies and deliberate restraint.
Outstanding Polish pianist Piotr Wyleżoł fascinates audiences with his intelligent musical language and multi-layered structures, creating an intimate atmosphere through mellow understatement. From the very first notes he conjures an intense soundscape that he nourishes and stimulates with his flowing technique and subtle feel for natural dynamics. The great saxophonist Andy Middleton is the perfect counterpart with his wistful melodies and gentle and caressing sound, or when he takes the lead with his multifaceted and elegant narrative approach.
Wyleżoł forms the versatile interface between Middleton and the dense and adaptive rhythmic backdrop of sensitive bassist Michał Barański and highly skilled drummer Ferenc Nemeth.
The band as a whole resembles a breathing organism, each sensing the feelings and intentions of the other and following almost every musical mood with intuition and quiet joy. It is a sound that has freed itself from all inner and outer barriers and patterns, with a result created on the basis of deep trust and sensitivity.
In cooperation with the bird's eye jazz club
Philip Dizack, Lukas Thoeni, Dave Blaser, Martin Eberle: trumpet
Christoph Ellensohn, Anja Huber: french horn
Andreas Tschopp, Lukas Wyss: trombone
Christina Lachberger: bass trombone
Sophia Nidecker: tuba
Shai Maestro: piano
Matt Penman: bass
Kendrick Scott: drums