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Bio

Tomasz Chyla Quintet – One of the best young bands on the Polish jazz scene. They are from the Tricity area in northern Poland. The bands greatest achievement was winning the Grand Prix 40 at the international “Jazz Juniors” festival in Kraków, December 2016. It’s the first band from the Baltic region of Poland to win this prestigious competition. They entered the Polish scene of improvised music proving that young Polish jazz is growing in strength. The performances of the young band are known for their incredibly expressive, virtuosic performances of soloists and energetic, common and open improvisation of the entire composition, which does not conflict with a taste for a simple form and melodiousness. This is a perfectly defined vision of the music that the band’s leader has – violinist Tomasz Chyła, who invited to cooperation his friends, excellent musicians. His seemingly non-jazz instrument, brilliantly works in symbiosis with the rest of the band members who are dynamically building and developing the Tri-City.  The band is composed of some of the best young musicians in Poland, known to have collaborated with established artists such as Leszek Możdżer, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tymon Tymański, Jerzy Małek, Maciej Sikała, Leszek Kułakowski and many others. The band is composed of some of the best young musicians in Poland, known to have collaborated with established artists such as Leszek Możdżer, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tymon Tymański, Jerzy Małek, Maciej Sikała, Leszek Kułakowski and many others. Their debut album “Eternal Entropy” has been excellently received by the music community. The album was nominated for the Polish prestigious  award FRYDERYKI 2017 in the jazz debut category. In autumn 2018, the band releases their second CD “Circlesongs”.

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Press

(…) Overall this is an outstanding debut offer, one of the strongest on the Polish Jazz scene so far this year. The creativity and inventiveness of these young musicians simply never ceases to amaze. Hats off! (…)

Adam Baruch, polish-jazz.blogspot

(…) Chyla has a surprisingly original tone and stylistic approach, quite different form other violinists active on the Polish violin scene. His playing is much closer to Polish Folklore than to classical music, which is usually the starting point for violinists and he is more open to less constrained improvisation, which at time borders with Free. He is definitely the most interesting new arrival on the crowded Polish Jazz violin scene, and a most welcome one due to his divergence (…)

Adam Baruch, polish-jazz.blogspot

(…)Pewnie z łatwością jedna z najlepszych płyt jazzowych, jakie w tym roku wydało Polskie Radio. Solidnie grany album kwintetu trójmiejskiego skrzypka Tomasza Chyły z kompozycjami niemal całego zespołu i ładnym, atrakcyjnym stylem. Przesłuchałem ładnych parę miesięcy po premierze, więc spóźnione ogromnie, ale robi też duże wrażenie (…)

Bartek Chaciński “Polityka”

(…)Pełno tu pomysłów, zwartych kompozycji, ale też swobody dzięki czemu cały ten materiał brzmi doskonale i świeżo, na wskroś współcześnie i ożywczo(…).

Jakub Knera “Nowe Idzie od morza”

(…)Płyta bez trudu wytrzymuje porównanie z koncertem na żywo. Nie wiem nawet, czy nie jest lepsza, bo pozwala na wielokrotne delektowanie się niebanalnymi harmoniami, polifoniami, rytmami i barwami. Chyła za swoją inspirację uznaje Zbigniewa Seiferta. Eternal Entropy, chociaż brzmi egzotycznie, jest dla mnie znakomitą kontynuacją najlepszych tradycji polskiego jazzu, mainstreamowe formy wypełniając wybuchową mieszanką kaszubskiego folkloru, freejazzowej swobody, transowej świeżości i energii rocka(…)

Basia Gagnon “Jazzpress”

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