Mikrokolektyw are an experimental
jazz
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and
improv
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*Improvisation, an act of spontaneous invention
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**Musical improvisation
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duo based in
Wrocław
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, Poland. In March 2010,
Delmark Records
Delmark Records is an independent, American jazz and blues independent record label. It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, ...
announced the release of their first album ''Revisit'', which marked the first release of a European avant jazz group on the Delmark label in its 57-year history.
Biography
Kuba Suchar (drums) and Artur Majewski (trumpet) founded Mikrokolektyw in 2004 after the end of their former group
Robotobibok. The duo has released two albums on the American label,
Delmark Records
Delmark Records is an independent, American jazz and blues independent record label. It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, ...
, both produced by
Raymond Salvatore Harmon
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Biography
Born in Jackson, Michigan in 1974, Raymond Salvatore Harmon has lived widely throughout the US (New York City; Savannah, Georgia; A ...
.
Discography
*2010 ''Revisit''.
Delmark Records
Delmark Records is an independent, American jazz and blues independent record label. It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, ...
.
*2010 ''Dew Point'' (live concert DVD). Delmark Records
*2013 ''Absent Minded''. Delmark Records
*2014 ''Białoszewski do słuchu, VOL. IV''. Bôłt Records
References
Further reading
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External links
Official website
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Avant-garde jazz ensembles
Delmark Records artists
Polish jazz ensembles