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Robert Majewski
Robert Majewski (trumpet) is one of the best Polish jazz trumpet players. During his 30-year long career he performed with the real masters of Polish jazz scene as well as world-renowned jazzmen such as: N.H.O. Pedersen, Clark Terry. Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove, Palle Danielsson Gary Bartz, Mino Cinelu, Nils Landgren, Billy Hart, Bobo Stenson or Joey Baron.
His musical versatility and jazz artistry have made him an excellent sideman to co-operate and perform with the best singing artists, among others with Ewa Bem, Hanna Banaszak, Katarzyna Groniec, Anna Maria Jopek, Kasia Kowalską, Grzegorz Turnau, Marek Grechuta, Grzegorz Ciechowski and Michał Bajor. He also worked with film music composers such as Zbigniew Preisner, Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz and Krzesimir Dębski.
He’s a prize winner of numerous national and international competitions such as: Kraków Jazz Juniors 1983 1st team prize (New Presentation band), Leverkusen 1985 1st team prize (New Presentation band), Leverkusen 1992 1st prize for the best soloist (together with Tomasz Gąssowski’s In Spector band).
In 1995 he recorded his first authorial album „Robert Majewski plays Komeda”. The album earned high praise of both the critics and the audience, while its performance at Jazz Open Festival in Stuttgart drew a standing ovation and was recorded on DVD.
In 1997 Robert Majewski Quintet’s album „Coś dla ludzi” [Something for the people] was released. There, he proved himself to be an outstanding instrumentalist and extraordinary composer. His latest album „My One And Only Love”, released in February 2011, was rewarded the Fryderyk Prize 2012 for the Best Jazz Album. Among the artists who took part in that recording were world-renowned jazzmen Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson and Joey Baron.
He performed in a leading role in „Pogłos”, a movie directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, which was a fascinating experience in his artistic career. The movie was then awarded at the Jazz Film Salon in Warsaw.
Robert Majewski continued the family tradition with the Old Timers Band, an ensemble formed by his late father, Henryk Majewski.
Additionally, he teaches trumpet at Jazz Department and Henryk Majewski Jazz College at the Music School in Warsaw (ul. Bednarska). In 2008-2012 he was an instructor at the Jazz Institute of the P.W.S.Z. in Nysa.
For over 25 years he’s been sharing his knowledge and artistry with the participants of jazz workshops in Chodzież, Puławy, Brzozowice, Leszno and many others.
