Quest Piotr Wojtasik

Trumpeter; born June 10, 1964, in Wrocław. Wojtasik graduated from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, where he studied jazz and entertainment music. He lectures at the Szymanowski Academy and teaches at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. Wojtasik played with the band New Presentation, and in 1988 the band performed at the Jazz Jamboree Festival. At the same time, he was also collaborating with the group Young Power, which revolutionized the Polish jazz scene. In the early 90's he joined Quintessence and the Krzysztof Popek Quartet, who produced an album, Lonely Town, that was voted the Best Album of 1995 in the "Jazz Forum Magazine" readers' poll and was nominated to the Fryderyk Prize (known as the "Polish Grammy"). In 1996 he recorded the album Quest with an international line-up that included Billy Harper, Ben Riley, Buster Williams and Leszek Możdżer.

A musical visionary, some outstanding instrumentalists, the 10th anniversary of the collective's founding, a reflection on Polishness, and finally - a 4,000 km-long walking pilgrimage of 100 solo concerts in 100 temples. These events, symbols, experiences and facts have somehow been combined into one coherent whole - the 'Polska' LP, the first release by Piotr Damasiewicz & Power of the Horns Ensemble since 2013.
Led by trumpeter Piotr Damasiewicz, the recording also features saxophonist Maciej Obara and pianist Dominik Wania, who have released two albums on ECM as members of Maciej Obara Quartet.