Marcin Jahr


Marcin Jahr is a Polish jazz drummer.
WWW marcinjahr.com

Biography

Jahr was born on March 25, 1969, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He studied drums at The Music Academy in Katowice. He finished his studies in 1992 earning a diploma of jazz music. Before that, he had taken part in jazz competitions during Jazz Juniors Festival in Kraków, winning prizes and distinguishing rewards. Since the beginning of his musical career he has taken part in festivals in Poland such as Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw, Jazz on the Odra in Wrocław, Poznań Jazz Fair. He also played on the festivals abroad - Pori Jazz Festival’ 88 with Wiesław Pieregorólka Big Band and Istanbul Festiwal’ 93 with Polish - Turkish Ensemble. Every year he teaches the drums at Jazz Workshop in Puławy in Poland, and also he taught at Jazz Workshop in Leichlingen, Germany. Marcin Jahr played or cooperated with many Polish and foreign musicians like: trumpeters Tomasz Stańko and Piotr Wojtasik, guitar player Garrison Fewell, saxophonists Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Adam Wendt, the band "New Presentation" with female vocalist Lora Szafran, vibraphonist Volker Greeve, bassist Ed Schuller and many others.
Marcin Jahr is the member of the band "Funky Groove". The CD he recorded with Piotr Wojtasik titled "Lonely Town" and released by Power Bros. was chosen as the Record of the Year 1995 in "Jazz Forum Magazine" Readers Pool. In October 1997 he was a finalist of The First Competition for Jazz Drummers in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. At present time he cooperates with almost all Polish jazz musicians, first of all with well-known saxophone player Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski. Between 2004 and 2008 he also taught drums at a jazz department on University of Zielona Góra, Poland and at many jazz clinics.

Selected discography

  • Jacek Niedziela — "Wooden Soul
  • Piotr Wojtasik — Lonely Town
  • Karol Szymanowski — Sześćsił
  • Krzysztof Herdzin — Chopin
  • Leszek Kułakowski — Interwały The Other Side of Polonia Records
  • Jacek Niedziela/Wojciech Niedziela — Jazzowe Poetycje
  • Funky Groove — Funky Groove
  • Ewa Bem — Bright Ella's Memorial
  • Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski — Henryk Wars Songs - Live in Tarnów
  • Krzysztof Herdzin — Being Confused
  • Jacek Niedziela — Sceny z Macondo
  • Brandon Furman — A Bard's Tale
  • Leszek Kułakowski — Katharsis
  • Wojciech Niedziela — To Kiss the Ivorys
  • Leszek Kułakowski — Eurofonia
  • Wojciech Majewski Grechuta
  • Funky Groove — Go to Chechua Mountain
  • 0-58 — Tryby
  • Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski Quartet – Real Jazz
  • Bisquit — Inny smak
  • Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski Quartet – Supercalifragilistic
  • Kasia Stankowska — Passions
  • Adam Wendt Power Set
  • Adam Wendt Power Set – Big Beat Jazz
  • Magda Piskorczyk – Afro Groove
  • Julia Sawicka Project — Fields of Soul
  • Andrzej Chochół — It's Great Again
  • Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski Sextet — Moi pierwsi mistrzowie – Komeda / Trzaskowiski / Kurylewicz
  • Julia Sawicka Project – Kolędy
  • Teatr Tworzenia - Katharsis
  • Michał Sołtan – Malogranie
  • Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski Sextet – Komeda - Moja słodka europejska ojczyzna, Polish Jazz vol.80
  • Adam Wendt & Friends – Rhythm & Jazz
  • Teatr Tworzenia – Living After Life
  • Krzysia Górniak – Memories
  • Jacek Niedziela-Meira – Partyturism
  • Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski – Studio Jazzowe PR 1969-1978
  • Bernard Maseli Septet – Good Vibes of Milian
  • Andrzej Dąbrowski & All Stars – Live
  • Buczkowski / Troczewski / Wrombel / Jahr – The Other Sound
  • Nika Lubowicz & All Stars – Nika Sings Ella
  • Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski Quartet – On The Road vol. 1
  • Krzysia Górniak & Rui Teles – ''Astrolabe''