Bartłomiej Oleś (born 4 January 1973) is a

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and

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drummer,

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and

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. He is the twin brother of

Marcin Oleś Marcin Oleś (born 4 January 1973) is a jazz and free improvisation bass player, composer and record producer. He is the twin brother of Bartłomiej Oleś. Biography Oles was born on 4 January 1973 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Since his first recording ...

and Art-director of the Polish independent Jazz Label Fenommedia.

Career

Bartłomiej Oleś was born on 4 January 1973 in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Re ...

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. He studied classic percussion at Music High School

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

. From 1988 he play on drum set. In his career he played with,

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, David Murray,

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, Emmanuelle Somer,

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, Mark Taylor,

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. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Trio ''Oles Jörgensmann Oles''. The Trio recorded four albums: ''Miniatures'', ''Directions'' (this album was voted by the Polish Internet jazz magazine ''Diapazon'' as the "Best Recording of the Year 2005"), ''Live in Poznan 2006'', and ''Alchemia''. His album recorded like leader with great American pianist Kenny Werner was voted as the "Best Recording of the Year 2006" by Polish Radio. In 2007 together with his brother Marcin Oleś he started a project called ''Oleś Duo''. He also composes music for theatre and movie.

Discography

* Oleś Brothers & Christopher Dell ''Górecki Ahead'' (Audio Cave 2018) * Marcin & Bartłomiej Oleś DUO ''Spirit of Nadir'' (Audio Cave 2017) * Oleś Brothers & Antoni Gralak ''Primitivo'' (For Tune 2016) * Oleś Brothers & Theo Jörgensmann ''Transgression'' (Słuchaj! 2016) * Marcin & Bartłomiej Oleś DUO ''One Step From The Past'' ( Fenommedia 2016) * Oleś Brothers & Jorgos Skolias SEFARDIX ''Maggid'' ( Fenommedia 2016) * Bartłomiej Oleś / Tomasz Dąbrowski ''Chapters'' ( Fenommedia 2015) * Oleś Brothers & Christopher Dell ''Komeda Ahead'' ( Słuchaj! 2014) * Oleś Brothers & Jorgos Skolias ''Sefardix'' (For Tune 2013) * Andrzej Przybielski / Oleś Brothers ''De Profundis'' ( Fenommedia 2011) * Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś ''Other voices, other scenes'' Theatre & film music ( Fenommedia 2010) * Oleś Brothers with Rob Brown ''Live at SJC'' ( Fenommedia 2009) * Marcin & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś ''DUO'' ( Fenommedia 2008) * Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers ''Alchemia'' ( HatHut 2008) * Herb Robertson Trio + Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś ''Live at Alchemia'' ( NotTwo, 2007) * Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś + Theo Jörgensmann ''Live in Poznań 2006'' ( Fenommedia 2007) * Bartłomiej Brat Oleś ''Shadows'' ( Fenommedia, 2006) * Marcin Oleś ''Walk Songs'' ( Fenommedia, 2006) * Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś ''Chamber Quintet'' with Friedlander, Rabinowitz, Somer ( Fenommedia, 2005) * Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś + Theo Jörgensmann – ''Directions'' ( Fenommedia, 2005) * Oleś / Trzaska / Oleś + Jean-Luc Cappozzo – ''Suite for trio+'' ( Fenommedia, 2005) * Ken Vandermark feat Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś – ''Ideas'' ( NotTwo, 2005) * Andrzej Przybielski feat Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś – ''Abstract'' ( NotTwo, 2005) * Bartłomiej Brat Oleś – ''FreeDrum Suite'' rums solo( NotTwo, 2004) * David Murray feat Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś – ''Circles – live in Cracow'' ( NotTwo, 2003) * Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś + Theo Jörgensmann – ''Miniatures'' ( NotTwo, 2003) * Oleś / Trzaska / Oleś – ''la SKETCH up'' ( 1kg, 2003) * Oleś / Mahall / Tiberian / Oleś – ''Contemporary Quartet'' ( NotTwo, 2002) * Oleś / Trzaska / Oleś – ''Mikro Muzik'' ( 1kg, 2002) * Custom Trio – ''Back Point'' ( NotTwo, 2002) * Oleś / Pieronczyk / Oleś – ''Gray Days'' ( NotTwo, 2001) * Custom Trio & Andrzej Przybielski – ''Free Bop'' (Polonia, 2000) * Custom Trio – ''Mr. Nobody'' (WM Accord, 1999)

Gallery

File:WiKi BartlomiejOles20121019a.jpg, In concert - Warsaw, Poland - October 2012. File:WiKi ChDellOlesBrothers20121019a.jpg, Performing with Christopher Dell - vb and brother Marcin Oleś - db. Warsaw, Poland - October 2012. File:WiKi BartlomiejOles20121019b.jpg File:WiKi ChDellOlesBrothers20121019b.jpg, After concert with Christopher Dell and brother Marcin Oleś.

References

External links

Bartłomiej Oleś website

Fenommedia
1973 births Living people Free improvisation Jazz drummers Polish composers Polish jazz musicians Polish male jazz musicians 21st-century Polish drummers {{Poland-composer-stub