Marcin
Wasilewski

Pianist, leader of the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, longtime collaborator of Tomasz Stańko.

Marcin Wasilewski (born in 1975) is a jazz pianist and composer, one of the most important representatives of contemporary European jazz. He is the leader of the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, in which he plays with Sławomir Kurkiewicz on double bass and Michał Miśkiewicz on drums. The lineup originates from the Simple Acoustic Trio, founded in the early 1990s.

For many years the trio formed the rhythm section of Tomasz Stańko's quartet, with which it recorded for ECM Records, including the albums Soul of Things and Suspended Night. Since 2008, debuting as a leader with the album January, the group has performed under the name Marcin Wasilewski Trio and remains one of the pillars of the ECM catalogue.

Wasilewski's style is characterized by lyricism, spaciousness and melodiousness, combining roots in the tradition of jazz piano with openness to improvised music. The pianist is a multiple winner of the Fryderyk award, and his body of work is regarded as a significant contribution to the development of Polish and European jazz.