Jazz Session: Schmidt Electric

A concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Miles Davis' death performed by the top electric jazz band in Poland. An excellent line-up, Miles' hits and an aura of surrealism. The event will also feature a conversation with the artist, and at 9pm a jam session will begin.

Piotr Schmidt is a jazz trumpeter, music producer, publisher, bandleader, lecturer at the Academy of Music in Katowice and at the Jazz Department of the State Higher Vocational School in Nysa. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he received his doctorate in musical arts in June 2016. Piotr Schmidt is a scholarship holder of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA 2006, in addition to having won numerous individual and ensemble awards, distinctions and Grand Prix during his debut period from 2006 to 2010. Piotr Schmidt has recorded twelve solo albums and for the past seven years has been recognised by Jazz Forum readers as one of the four best jazz trumpeters in Poland. Piotr Schmidt has played at most of the major jazz festivals in Poland and many in Europe. He has collaborated or is collaborating with some of the biggest names in Polish jazz, as well as artists from abroad.