Maciej Obara
Maciej Obara is a Polish jazz musician, composer and bandleader.
Biography
From the mid-2000s, Obara worked with Marek Kądziela's ensemble ADHD and the band and Power of the Horns, and also recorded with several of his own projects, first with his own trio Message from Ohayo. The music documented there won the jazz competition of Bielska Zadymka for young jazz bands in 2006, and led to his international breakthrough. In 2008 he toured in Poland with Antoine Roney. Manfred Eicher became aware of him and recommended him to Tomasz Stańko, to play for the Tomasz Stańko Special Project and in New Balladyna Quartet. In the following years he continued with his own projects, in addition to another trio with John Lindberg und Harvey Sorgen, with his Quartet as well as the Obara International , with whom he has appeared internationally at numerous festivals since 2013 and has produced several albums, including a production of compositions by Krzysztof Komeda. He was also involved in recordings by Michael Jefry Stevens/Joe Fonda.Discography
Solo albums
; Maciej Obara Trio- 2007: Message from Ohayo, with Maciej Garbowski og Krzysztof Gradziuk
- 2009: I Can Do It, with Maciej Garbowski og Krzysztof Gradziuk
- 2010: Three, with John Lindberg og Harvey Sorgen
- 2010: Four, with Mark Helias, Nasheet Venter og Ralph Alessi
- 2011: Equilibrium, with Maciej Garbowski, Krzysztof Gradziuk, and Dominik Wania
- 2017: Unloved, with Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan and Gard Nilssen
- 2019: Three Crowns, with Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan and Gard Nilssen
- 2023: Frozen Silence, with Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan and Gard Nilssen
- 2013: Live at Manggha
- 2013: Komeda,
- 2015: Live in Mińsk Mazowiecki,
Collaborations
; With The Fonda/Stevens Group Trio + 2- 2009: Live in Katowice
- 2011: Alaman
- 2015: In Bloom
- 2015: ''Pieśń Gęsi Kanadyjskich''