Wykształcenie:
Etnograf - specjalizacja: folklor muzyczny / praca dyplomowa na temat inspiracji ludowej w polskim jazzie i muzyce rozrywkowej (UAM - Poznań: 1978), absolwent kursu "Jazz & Black Music" (UCLA Berkeley, USA: 1980) oraz dziennikarstwa (UAM-Poznań: 1984).Publikacje:
Kilka tysięcy artykułów w prasie krajowej:Wprost, Newsweek, Jazz Forum, Jazz a GoGo, Jazzi Magazine, Wychowanie Muzyczne w Szkole, Kultura, Razem, ITD, Magazyn Muzyczny-Jazz, Głos Wielkopolski, Express Poznański, Dziennik Poznański, Gazeta Poznańska, Notes Jazzowy, NURT, Brzmienia Hi-Fi, Spojrzenia...
Współpracownik zagranicznych magazynów muzycznych:
Jazz Hot-Francja, Living Blues-USA, Jazz Notes-Francja, Musik Markt-Niemcy, World Broadcast News-USA, Music Woche-Niemcy, JazzNow-USA, Goldmine-USA, Jazz-Szwajcaria, Rejoice-USA, One To One-Anglia...
Książki:
Nie tylko muzyka (1988), Fan Club Special (1994), Czas Komedy (1993), Blues/Punk/Disco (1994), Era Jazzu (1999), Encyklopedia Muzyki Popularnej - JAZZ (1999).
Publikacje w zagranicznych opracowaniach:
Jazz Research Book-Austria, Pitt Jazz Journal - USA
Producent płyt i autor komentarzy:
Vintage Band, Looking East, Robert Łuczak, Louis Armfield, Marcelo Noia, James Bronson, String Connection, From The World, Jazz w Poznaniu, Giovanni Mirabassi & A.Jagodziński Trio, David Murray - Circles, Penderecki Jazz, Contemporary Quartet, Lester Bowie & Miłość, Era Jazzu Festival 2000, New Black Music, Christmas Night - Al Di Meola, Friend 'n' Fellow, AACM Quartet, Tribute to Glenn Miller, Al Di Meola & Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, From Roots to Hip-Hop, Detroit Gospel Singers, Era Jazzu for New Orleans, Era Jazzu - Holy Cole, It's JAZZ, kolekcja Giganci Jazzu (20 CDs), All That ERA JAZZU, String Connection 2012, Era Jazzu Wish You a Merry Christmas, Fritatta, The Best Jazz... Ever!
Współorganizator oraz Dyrektor Artystyczny festiwali:
Poznań Jazz Fair, Folk Blues Fair, cyklu koncertowego ERA JAZZU oraz wielu koncertów jazzowych.
Dyrektor cyklu koncertowego ERA JAZZU
Współwłaściciel Poznań Jazz & Festival
Wykładowca:
University Of Pittsburgh - Jazz Institut /USAInstitute For Jazz Reserach /Austria
Studium Music-Businessu /St.Petersburg
Studium Informacji i Promocji Kulturalnej/Poznań
UAM Wydział Pedagogiczno - Artystyczny
Radio:
Audycje autorskie w Radio Merkury (Odrobina folkloru, Mała Akademia Jazzu, Jazz News, Oh, Canada!...)Pomysłodawca i dyrektor programowy Radia 88,4 JAZZfm - Poznań
TV:
Autorskie programy telewizyjne:Black & White (ponad 70 odcinków emitownych w PTV-3 oraz TVP 1), magazyn "Jazzgot".
Współautor muzycznych programów / produkcji:
Folk Blues Meeting,The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bill Evans & Push,Vintage Band, Namysłowski & Górale, Chopin Trio, Lester Bowie & Miłość, Tomasz Stańko, Soko, Gato Barnbieri, Kronos Quartet, Al. Di Meola...
Autor komentarzy programów muzycznych w radio i TV
Członkostwo:
International Association For Jazz Research / AustriaInternational Jazz Hall of Fame / Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
International Jazz Federation / U.S.A.
International Electronic Music Association / U.S.A.
International Association Of Jazz Educators / U.S.A.
Międzynarodowego Jury: Jazz Hall Of Fame / U.S.A.
Międzynarodowego Jury: Radio France International
Chicago Jazz Institute / U.S.A.
Jazz Journalists Association / U.S.A.
International Festivals & Event Association
European Jazz Network
Stypendysta:
United States Information Agency / Music USAInterNationes / Jazz in Germany
Canadian Council for Arts
Dionizy Piątkowski
Leading Polish jazz authority, critic and jazz historian, columnist of thousands articles, interviews and essays, author of numerous books incl. first in Poland JAZZ Encyclopedia, radio and TV producer and promoter of jazz festivals and prestige concerts series ERA JAZZU.
More informations:
b.1954, Poznan, Poland;
critic and jazz historian, journalist, writer, promoter and producer.
M.A. in Ethnology (with specialization in music folklore; Poznan University, 1978) and post-graduate studies in Journalism (Poznan University, 1984).
Music columnist for Newsweek, Jazz Forum, Nurt, Wprost, Jazz a Go Go, Jazzi Magazine; free lance journalist and contributor for Jazz Hot (France), Music Woche (Germany), One To One (England) and American music magazines: Goldmine, World Broadcast News, Living Blues, Jazz Now.
Author of several books (Not Only Music, Fan Club Special, Komeda's Time, Jazz Giants, Blues - punk - disco, Era Jazzu,
Encyclopedia of Popular Music - JAZZ; a few thousand articles in professional (domestic and foreign journals).
Leading Polish jazz and music publicist, authority, producer and organizer in the Polish jazz area. Lectures about Jazz, Black Music and Folklore at University of Graz-Austria, Poznan University-Poland, Pittsburgh University - USA, St.Petersburg - Russia, University California Los Angeles -USA.
DJ and producer for Polish radio stations (Radio Merkury, Radio Jazz/fm). Some famous shows included The Jazz Academy, Not Only Jazz, Let's Play Folklore, Jazz News, Jazz Moods.
Producer and A&R Director of jazz festivals (Poznan Jazz Fair, Folk Blues Fair, series ERA JAZZU) and concerts (from D. Brubeck, S. Grappelli, W. Shorter, B. B. King, T. Mahal to Al Di Meola, Abbey Lincoln, Gato Barbieri, Jan Garbarek, Dianna Krall, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, The Kronos Quartet...).
Producer and author of TV shows: Black & White, Jazzgot, documentaries of ERA JAZZU series, jazz concerts
CD producer:
Vintage Band, Looking East, Robert Łuczak, Louis Armfield, Marcelo Noia, James Bronson, String Connection, From The World,
Jazz w Poznaniu, Giovanni Mirabassi & A.Jagodziński Trio, David Murray - Circles, Penderecki Jazz, Contemporary Quartet,
Lester Bowie & Miłość, Era Jazzu Festival 2000, New Black Music, Christmas Night - Al Di Meola, Friend 'n' Fellow, AACM Quartet,
Tribute to Glenn Miller, Al Di Meola & Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, From Roots to Hip-Hop, Detroit Gospel Singers, Era Jazzu for New Orleans,
Era Jazzu - Holy Cole, It's JAZZ, kolekcja Giganci Jazzu (20 CDs), All That ERA JAZZU, String Connection 2012, Era Jazzu Wish You a Merry Christmas, Fritatta, The Best Jazz... Ever!
MD of Poznan Jazz & Festival (booking agency)
President of ERA JAZZU (concerts series and festival)
Founder and Program & Music Director of first Polish jazz radio station Radio 88,4 JAZZ/fm.
Member and/or Poland's representative on International Association For Jazz Research-Austria, Friends Of Polish Music - USA, International Association of Jazz Educators - USA, Chicago Jazz Institute - USA, Jazz Journalists Association - USA, International Jazz Hall Of Fame: Pittsburgh University - USA.
Married: wife Irena (philologist) and three children: dauthers Lena and Olga and son Kacper.
Kontakt:
dioni@jazz.pl
Era Jazzu / Dionizy Piątkowski
P.O. Box 67 , 62-050 Mosina
Poland
tel.: 061.813.25.66
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