Darek Oleszkiewicz
| Darek Oleszkiewicz | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Darek Oles |
| Born |
February 20, 1963 Wrocław, Poland |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, educator |
| Instruments | Double bass |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Cryptogramophone |
Darek Oleszkiewicz (born February 20, 1963), also known as Darek Oles, is a Polish jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and educator.
Oleszkiewicz was born in Wrocław on February 20, 1963. He was a protégé of Charlie Haden. In the late 1990s and early 2000s he built a reputation on the West Coast of the United States. His first album as leader was Like a Dream, which consisted largely of his own compositions. It included quartet and trio tracks, and duets with pianist Brad Mehldau. He had earlier played on Mehldau's Largo. Oleszkiewicz was featured prominently on guitarist Larry Koonse's 2006 album Storybook.
In 2010 Oleszkiewicz was a co-leader with Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, and Alan Pasqua on the album Standards 2: Movie Music. Oleszkiewicz was co-leader with Adam Czerwniński for the album Raindance.
Oleszkiewicz is a faculty member at California Institute of the Arts, and at the University of Southern California. He continues to record, including on trombonist Bob McChesney's Chez Sez in 2015, and with other USC faculty members, including on Kait Dunton's Mountain Suite in the same year.
On his debut as leader, Oleszkiewicz's style was described as containing "the inevitable lineage to Scott LaFaro and Bill Evans, [...and] combines a certain economy of style that is reminiscent of Charlie Haden". The woodiness of his tone was also compared with Haden's, with the addition of "a certain Gary Peacock-like edge to it".
With Bill Cunliffe
With Kait Dunton
With Yelena Eckemoff
With Peter Erskine
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