PinskiZoo & Wojtek Konikiewicz at JazzSteps at the Bonnington

This special concert for Jazz Steps by PINSKI ZOO and WOJTEK KONIKIEWICZ is a significant re-union for both as it was exactly 30 years ago that JAN KOPINSKI first led PINSKI ZOO on a series of extensive tours through a bleak, but musically exciting post-martial law Poland, playing at the early Jazz Nad Odra festival in Wroclaw and Warsaw’s Jazz Jamboree. Meeting Polish pianist/composer WOJTEK KONIKIEWICZ led to several collaborations, tours and journeys of research in Poland, including a rare Poljazz album - Live in Warsaw - and UK CD - Zone K and Jan's recent album of reflections upon Poland - Mirrors)...

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This special concert for Jazz Steps by PINSKI ZOO and WOJTEK KONIKIEWICZ is a significant re-union for both as it was exactly 30 years ago that JAN KOPINSKI first led PINSKI ZOO on a series of extensive tours through a bleak, but musically exciting post-martial law Poland, playing at the early Jazz Nad Odra festival in Wroclaw and Warsaw’s Jazz Jamboree. Meeting Polish pianist/composer WOJTEK KONIKIEWICZ led to several collaborations, tours and journeys of research in Poland, including a rare Poljazz album - Live in Warsaw - and UK CD - Zone K and Jan's recent album of reflections upon Poland - Mirrors)

"Pinski Zoo deserves megastardom because it not only funked your socks off but foresaw future developments in jazz fusion" John Fordham, The Guardian

"Organic, no-surrender, spiritually uplifting music" All About Jazz

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