Welcome to Official Site of Piotrek Jazz Quartet PJQ

    The European Artist

                                                                                                          photography by Richard Seymour                     

                 My name is Piotr Kowalczyk known as Piotrek.

I'm a jazz vocalist, composer and arranger. Living in Boston, I've been perfecting and polishing all the intricate details of my workshop both as a performer and a writer. I have had the pleasure of establishing firm artistic bonds with such great musicians as  Uziel Colon,  Freddie Burgos, Roshan Rozman , Vadim Neselovski, Hogyu Hwang, Lee Fish, with whom I played a great number of concerts/ recordings allover New England.

My music is full of vivid and surprising harmonic colors, spiced up by melodic references to my heritage, firmly grounded in the Eastern European romantic tradition. My recent compositions are particularily influenced by the warm and fascinating rhythms of Afro-Cuban music, samba and bossa nova. The uniqueness of my voice, which is widely recognized among the jazz afficionados, was hailed as "a silky sound with a cognac flavor". My speciality - jazz ballads

The silky and warm timbre of my voice with a charming European accent / Flavorful harmonies with latin jazz influences/You can’t go wrong with this!

The above influences are the outcome of a natural process of my interacting with musicians who bridge the two musical worlds: that of modern jazz and the fascinating world of Afro-Cuban music (Salsa). This interaction fuels my imagination and brings me immense pleasure both as a performer and a composer. It is a pleasure for me to be able to share my music with you here on this webpage. Feel free to take a look at my portfolio and photographs. If you are interested in deepening your musical skills and abilities do not forget to check out my voice and jazz harmony lessons page.

Born in Pulawy, Poland, currently residing in Boston, MA

Sincerely

PK

Based in Boston, Massachusetts