Piotr
Bal
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"I recorded with people like Ray Manzarek (The Doors). David Benoit, Vinnie Colaiuta, Sumack (V2Records) and tons of other people you might not know. As a trumpeter I was featured on Ricky Martin videos "Livin La Vida Loca", "Shake Your Bon-Bon" and PEPSI commercial, Lou Bega "Tricky, Tricky" , "Ally McBeal Show" and many others. Some of my film work: "Making the Twilight" a documentary about making "Twilight" with Paul Newman and Robert Benton; "Holy Hollywood" feature film with Micky Rooney ; "Big Fish" and "The Adventures Of Rug Raymond" directed by Pascal Franchot , and more..."
Celebrated trumpet player Piotr Bal was born in Stetten, Poland and has lived in Chicago for the past five years. He has performed in Poland, Germany, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, and, of course, the U.S. Bal has played at festivals worldwide including the Jazz Jamboree which is Poland's acclaimed festival and one of the largest Jazz Fests in the world. In addition to being a musician/composer Bal also writes music for films. One piece in particular "Nothing, Nobody, Nowhere" won a Director's Choice Award in the Black Maria Film Festival. He has been featured on both American and Polish television, was exposed in the Polish magazine Apropos holding only his trumpet, and survived the grand misfortune of living with a disturbing vibraphone player for nearly a year.
Manhattan School of Music, New York 1993 performances Live concerts for WBEZ 91.5 Radio Chicago Stage concerts in the US, Germany, The Netherlands, Israel and Poland TV appearances in Austria, Poland and USA related experience Selected Guest Performer on cable TV's MUSIC ALIVE by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and the Mayor's Office of Special Events - November 1993 Composed music for documentary and feature films, and the commercials "Nothing, Nobody, Nowhere" won the Director's Choice Award at the Black Maria Film & Video Festival in New Jersey Produced and recorded numerous sessions for himself and others Taught trumpet and jazz improvisation class at the Dortmund Jazz Workshop Initiated and organized exchange of jazz musicians between Poland and Germany. He did this big major documentary film score Mission of Hope
( More than 10 000 000 people were watching it in Japan then america
will come and the rest of the world. Also they will do segment of him
for National Japanese TV ). related experience Selected Guest Performer on cable TV's MUSIC ALIVE by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and the Mayor's Office of Special Events - November 1993 Composed music for documentary and feature films, and the commercials "Nothing, Nobody, Nowhere" won the Director's Choice Award at the Black Maria Film & Video Festival in New Jersey Produced and recorded numerous sessions for himself and others Taught trumpet and jazz improvisation class at the Dortmund Jazz Workshop Initiated and organized exchange of jazz musicians between Poland and Germany. discography
Soundsamples athttp://artists.mp3s.com/artists/218/bal.htmlhttp://home.earthlink.net/~balp/bal.htm
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