Concert Jazz For Children Quartet feat. Peter Baron

Can jazz kidnap children? Definitely yes!

We invite you to a concert during which music will become a joint adventure. Together with Piotr Baron — one of the most outstanding Polish saxophonists — Jazz for Children Quartet will take young and old listeners to the world of improvisation, rhythm and fun.

It will be a meeting full of sounds that awaken the imagination. Whether this is your first contact with jazz or you already know the genre well, you are waiting for a concert that connects generations and proves that music knows no age.

“Jazz For Children”, thisevent of a family nature, addressed to children of preschool age (and not only!). We will show you that “jazz does not bite”!

The concert consists of 10 songs and world jazz standards, among others from the repertoire of Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, George Gershwin, with Polish adaptations of texts by Magdalena Este for children and arrangements by Michał Tokaj. Five songs from the album “Jazz Dla Dzieci” are available on streaming services, including the song “Potatoes from the pack” in which Piotr Baron guest starred. A music video available on YT was also recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ki8t1bpZg & list=rd4ki8t1bpz-g&start_radio=1

The project “Jazz for children” was born as a series of musical workshops conducted by the EuroJazz Foundation introducing preschool children to jazz music and jazz instruments. Since 2021, more than 400 classes have been held, and leading Polish jazz musicians took part in them. Since 2024, the Jazz Dla Dzieci Quartet has been touring all over Poland with a special guest. So far, dozens of concerts have been held. In 2026, the project won the Residents Award of the S3KTOR Competition for the best non-governmental initiative in Warsaw.

Jazz For Kids Quartet feat. Piotr Baron will play the following bands: Magdalena Este - lead by Mateusz Kaszuba - piano Wojciech Pulcyn - double bass Patryk Dobosz - drums and special guest Piotr Baron — saxophone

About musicians: Magdalena Este — singer, pianist, composer. He appreciates the extraordinary ability of music to bring people together and enjoys sharing his passion and love for music with others. Her greatest success in education is taking up the Chair of Singing at Vijaybhoomi University in India. She also has experience in working with children, including conducting music workshops and participating in theatrical performances for children, and has also conducted music classes in kindergartens and primary schools. Co-author of the Jazz for Children Quartet project. He leads the Magdalena Este Trio, which combines jazz and poetry. A member of Bogdan Hołownia's band, with whom she recorded her latest album.

Wojciech Pulcyn — double bass player, favorite of the Skierniewice jazz audience, session musician, graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin School of Music at the jazz faculty and the Henryk Majewski Postsecondary Jazz Study in Warsaw. He collaborates with the most renowned Polish musicians, including Ewa Bem and Michał Urbaniak, as well as with young stars of the Polish jazz scene, guitarist Rafał Sarnecki and pianist Michał Tokaj. In 2013, together with pianist Bogdan Hołownia, he recorded the album “Śpiewnik Henryk Warsa”, commemorating the works of the pioneer of Polish jazz.

Mateusz Kaszuba — pianist, graduate of the Faculty of Jazz at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Winner of many prestigious competitions of Polish and international rank (including: 1st place at 22nd and 23rd Bielska Zadymka Jazz Festival, 2nd place at Krokus Jazz Festival, special prizes at Jazz Juniors, 1st place at Tarnów Jazz Contest, 2nd place at Młoda Nadzieja Jazzu Novum Jazz Festival, Grand Prix School & Jazz Festival). In 2024, he won the Grand Prix at the 60th Jazz on the Odra Festival.

Patryk Dobosz — drummer, session musician, graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow. Winner of many international jazz competitions including Jazz Hoileart and Getxo Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with artists of global format: John Abercrombie, Aga Zaryan, Monika Borzym, Ed Cherry, Adam Pierończyk, Grzegorz Nagórski, Janusz Muniak, Maciej Obara, Piotr Wyleżoł, Włodek Pawlik, Rafał Sarnecki. The guest of the band will be one of the stars of Polish jazz, Piotr Baron.

Piotr Baron - saxophonist, composer, bandleader, educator. During forty years of musical activity he collaborated with the most outstanding artists from Poland, Europe and the USA, including: Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tomasz Stańko, Henryk Majewski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Jarosław Śmietana, Wojciech Karolak, Kazimierz Jonkisz, Krzesimir Dębski, Tomasz Szukalski, Piotr Wojtasik, Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, Ray Charles, Art Farmer, Billy Harper, David Murray, Kevin Mahogany, Victor Lewis, Eddie Henderson, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Bobby Watson, Billy Hart or Karen Edwards. He took part in the recording of more than 100 albums, of which he recorded eleven original albums. Piotr Baron's concert is not only a great musical experience, but also a meeting with one of the greatest musicians and personalities in the history of Polish jazz music.

About the Foundation: The Foundation for the Popularization of Jazz Music EuroJazz has been publishing the free jazz magazine JazzPress (jazzpress.pl) as part of the Jazz for Children project for 15 years. She organizes and conducts events and concert series in Warsaw, the WE WANT JAZZ International Jazz Poster Competition (wawantjazzcompetition.com) and the JAZZ W FILMIE.PL Festival (jazzwfilmie.pl). For 16 years she was the publisher of the longest-running jazz radio Radiojazz.fm (2009-2025). More about the project: www.jazzdladzieci.pl