Marek Napiórkowski

leading jazz guitarist in Poland. He recorded 140 albums with various artists!

Marek Napiórkowski is a leading Polish jazz guitarist and composer. For many years, he has proven himself as an all-around artist with unique musical language of his own. Difficult to put labels on: with each musical journey, he takes us into even more intriguing worlds, bound together with his signature sound.

Ever since the beginning of his career, his name has been featured in the top musician rankings. Since 2012, the readers of Jazz Forum magazine have consistently selected him as the Jazz Guitarist Of The Year. Napiórkowski has been acclaimed by both the industry and music critics a thirteen time nominee of the prestigious Music Award FRYDERYK in Jazz Musician of The Year and Jazz Album of The Year categories and he received the award in 2019.

 His name has been credited on more than 150 albums with various artists. On his six solo albums played, amongst others, Gregoire Maret, Mino Cinelu, Anna Maria Jopek, Clarence Penn, Leszek Możdżer, Adam Pierończyk and Henryk Miśkiewicz. He has also cooperated with many great names of jazz music such as Pat Metheny, Richard Bona, Mino Cinelu, Marcus Miller, Angelique Kidjo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Taylor, Dhafer Youssef, Adam Holzman, Sugar Blue, Anna Maria Jopek, Tomasz Stańko, Leszek Możdżer, Hadrien Feraud, Urszula Dudziak, Klaus Doldinger. Napiórkowski toured Japan, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, China, Russia and most countries of Europe.

He had his own radio programme in Radio Chilly Zet from 2017, now hosts an authorial radio show in Radio Nowy Świat. 

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