Photo: Geert Vandepoele from Gent, Belgium / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Marcin Wasilewski is the artist on this list I find most quietly moving. Born in 1975 in a small Polish town, he built a trio with teenage friends and was mentored by the great Tomasz Stanko, then kept that same partnership alive for decades. That loyalty is rare. European jazz piano at its best is luminous and restrained, and I imagine his playing carries that late-night intimacy. What I admire is the absence of ego careerism: he chose to deepen one musical conversation rather than chase trends. To me, that patience is the mark of a genuine, lasting musician.
Overview
Marcin Wasilewski (born 1975 in Slawno, Zachodniopomorskie) is a Polish pianist and composer. Wasilewski established a musical partnership with bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz as the Simple Acoustic Trio in the early-1990s. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko mentored the group for several years before recruiting the trio as his working band in 2001.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marcin Wasilewski
- Name (Japanese)
- マルチン・ボシレフスキ
- Reading
- まるちん・ぼしれふすき
- Born
- January 1, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
- Origin
- Sławno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- pianist / composer / jazz musician / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.