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“Pawel Ignatowicz is one of the most exciting young guitarists I’ve heard in a long time. His new album is full of beautiful, dramatic compositions played with virtuosity and deep soulful passion. He has a beautiful tone and a wonderful sense of melody, and combined with his wide guitar sound electronic palette creates a journey that keeps you engaged from start to finish. His star is definitely on the rise.”
– Dave Darlington, Bass Hit Recording – Music engineer / multiple GRAMMY® award winner/USA
Guitarist and composer Paweł Ignatowicz was born in 1980 in Poland. He grew up in a musical family and was surrounded by a wide variety of musical influences and instruments. At the age of 8, Ignatowicz enrolled in the Polish National Music School to study Clarinet. Saxophone soon followed on his list of instruments to master, as he continued in his search for the instrument that would best serve his need for musical expression. Then, at the age of 10 he found the guitar, which became the sole focus of his pursuit for musical mastery. After finishing high school, he continued his education at the University of Silesia, where he majored in jazz guitar and graduated with a Masters in Music in 2005 and moved to New York where he currently resides. Download full Bio
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Ignatowicz cut his first record as a leader in 2008, three years after arriving to NY. That first solo debut “Talk To You Later” was a trio with his original music. In 2011, he recorded the music score to the film “Double Breath” by screenwriter and director Rafal Janus. Apart from these projects he has composed a substantial number of solo recordings which can be found on his website.
In 2016 Ignatowicz collaborated with a quartet of young acclaimed musicians to record his new album “Here and Now”. Influenced by acoustic, electric, drum and bass, Latin, Indian and minimal music, “Here and Now” features Ignatowicz on both electric guitar, acoustic, guitar synth
and electric sitar, Ferenc Nemeth on drums, Julian Shore on piano and keyboards, Edward Perez on bass and Jonathan Singer on tabla. The album embodies a fresh and contemporary approach that weaves a variety of acoustic sound through the album’s very melodic concept but still very much remains in tradition and roots of jazz. Album was mixed by renowned music engineer Dave Darlington. He earned Grammy’s® for his work on records by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Brian Lynch and Eddie Palmieri and Sting.
“Pawel Ignatowicz is a reputable guitarist and apparently, going by his unmistakable self-confidence, Poland’s greatest star. A first-class musician and technically a guitarist of the same kind.”
– Alexander Schmitz, Jazz Podium/Germany
“Pawel Ignatowicz leads a group of NYC heavies on this guitar-led jazz project. His tone is so very strong with a rich, edgy quality. His decision to leave his native Poland shows here just how much he belongs in the jazz capital of the world. A fine, creative, straight ahead jazz guitar voice.”
– Mr. Biz Bisard- WNMC – Jazz Week reporting station/USA
“I am very honored to be sharing the stage with one of the greatest young talents. I know his voice is going to be heard, as a composer and as a guitar player. Pawel is also very humble and a very good friend. And for me is an honor to be on the stage with somebody of that quality. The whole experience is already a great privilege“
– John Benitez: bass player / 4 time GRAMMY® award winner
“Looks like we don’t have enough of our own hot shot guitarists so we had to import one to keep everyone on their toes. Playing from outside the expected lines, he strokes a mellow ax but doesn’t need pyrotechnics to get his point across. Well versed in the right kind of skills to make him stand out even when being low key, this is a supercharged atmospheric date that you won’t be able to keep in the background for long no matter how hard you try. A wonderful electric taste of something different”.
– CHRIS SPECTOR, Midwest Record – 11/15/17/USA
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