Leszek Możdżer

Leszek Możdżer (born Lesław Możdżer, 1971, in Gdańsk) is a Polish jazz pianist. He is also a music producer and a film music composer.

Biography
Leszek Możdżer started playing piano at the age of five, after being encouraged by his parents. In 1996 he graduated with honours from the Instrumental Faculty of the Academy of Music in Gdansk. He is a winner of many music and culture awards, including Ad Astra, Jazz Oscars, Jazz Forum Award, and Jazz Melomani Awards.

He started in a band of clarinetist Emil Kowalski, then he played with the band Milosc, which was very successful. He has worked with such artists and groups as Marcus Miller, David Gilmour, John Scofield, Lars Danielsson, Pat Metheny, Lester Bowie, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tomasz Stańko, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Zbigniew Preisner, Anna Maria Jopek, Kazik Staszewski, Behemoth, Michal Urbaniak, Grammatik, Andrzej Olejniczak, Janusz Radek, Adam Klocek, Tymon Tymanski and others. He is famous for his "Impressions", subtle new interpretations of Chopin's compositions. His recordings are the most popular jazz albums in Poland.

Selected discography

 * Miłość - Miłość (1992)
 * Damage, with Zbigniew Preisner (1992)
 * Secretely & Confidentionally, with Zbigniew Namysłowski (1993)
 * Chopin - Impressions (1994)
 * Miłość - Taniec smoka (1994)
 * A Farewell to Maria, with Tomasz Stańko (1994)
 * Lonely Town, with Piotr Wojtasik (1995)
 * Miłość & Lester Bowie - Not Two (1995)
 * Live In Holy City, with Michał Urbaniak (1996)
 * Talk to Jesus (1996), Lesław Możdżer Sextet
 * Miłość - Asthmatic (1996)
 * Leszek Możdżer & David Friesen - Facing The Wind (1996)
 * Leszek Możdżer & Adam Pierończyk - Live in Sofia (1997)
 * Requiem to my Friend, with Zbigniew Preisner (1998)
 * Impressions on Chopin (1999)
 * 10 łatwych utworów na fortepian solo, with Zbigniew Preisner (2000)
 * Bosa, with Anna Maria Jopek (2000)
 * Barefoot, with Anna Maria Jopek (2002)
 * Nienasycenie, with Anna Maria Jopek (2002)
 * Anna Maria Jopek & Friends with Pat Metheny - Upojenie (2002)
 * Farat, with Anna Maria Jopek (2003)
 * Piano (2004)
 * At The Carnegie Hall, with Adam Makowicz (2004)
 * PianoLive (2004)
 * The Time, with Lars Danielsson and Zohar Fresco (2005)
 * Secret, with Anna Maria Jopek (2005)
 * Between us and the light, with Lars Danielsson and Zohar Fresco (2006)
 * The Apostasy, with Behemoth (2007). He makes a guest appearance on the track "Inner Sanctum"
 * Pasodoble, with Lars Danielsson (2007)
 * Live, with Lars Danielsson and Zohar Fresco (2007)
 * ID, with Anna Maria Jopek (2007)
 * Live in Gdańsk (as a special guest with David Gilmour) (2008)
 * Firebird V11, with Phil Manzanera (2008)
 * Tarantella, with Lars Danielsson (2009)
 * Komeda (2011)
 * The Last Set Live at the A-Trane, with Walter Norris (2012)