Stryjo breaks the scheme of a jazz trio and employs democracy and interaction in place of leadership and comping. Performing the compositions of the pianist they go beyond the typical building blocks of trio idiom with a linear storytelling. Most musicians today break the convention by playing free, but Stryjo has a different kind of invention going on. Lyrical and enthralling, their joint narrative tells about their musical respect for each other, being at the same time persuasive, inspiring and welcoming to the audience.
"Stryjo" means "Uncle" in polish.
Nikola Kołodziejczyk - piano
Maciej Szczyciński - bass
Michał Bryndal - drums
Full biography of the band members after the break.
Stryjo Trio (meaning in polish: the Uncle Trio) will perform on April 29th on the Katowice JazzArt Festival in the Hipnoza Jazz Club (Poland)
On the same day various parts of Katowice will host Courtney Pine, Polar Bears (UK) , and the festival lasts whole three days - until April 30th hosting Robert Glasper, Maciej Obara and many more.
Stryjo , calling their music Happy Jazz - recently returned from Hungary, where the co-represented Polish improvised music along with Maciej Obara Quartet on the Jazz Showcase 2012 . Bands presented the diversity and creativity of the young Polish jazz scene and were met with enthusiastic reception of the Hungarian audience.
od lewej: Maciej Szczyciński, Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Michał Bryndal
Stryjo was invited to play on Jazz Showcase 2012 in the Palace of Arts in Budapest.
"Our music is probably not one of the simplest of genres, but people seem to enjoy it, also because they see we are enjoying it.We hope that indeed it is not only music but also an emotion - pianist Nikola Kolodziejczyk said on an interview after the concert. The entire video of the Hungarian Jazz Showcase on Youtube
