| Biography | Polish born and London based guitarist and composer Maciek Pysz has been playing guitar since the age of 11 and is a completely self-taught musician.
He has been inspired by artists such as Sylvain Luc, Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Bireli Lagrene, Chick Corea, Oregon, Ralph Towner to name a few.
Maciek mainly plays acoustic and classical guitars and his influences come from tango, flamenco, Latin, jazz, Brazilian and classical music.
Since arriving in the UK in 2003 he has quickly established himself as an up-and-coming artist and has toured the UK, USA and Europe with his project and as a sideman to some well known international artists.
Maciek established his original project Maciek Pysz Trio, more recently Maciek Pysz Quartet, in 2008 and recorded his first EP "Discoveries" that year.
More touring and collaborations followed including appearences on Polish National TV in 2010. In 2011 Maciek plays at the prestigious Blue Note Jazz Club in Poland and Pizza Express Jazz Club in London where in November 2011 he records a live album followed by a second EP "True Life" in January 2012.
He is the recipient of Jazz Services Recording Support Sheme for 2012 as well as National Touring Support. Along with his musical colleagues Asaf Sirkis and Yuri Goloubev Maciek will record a new album at Artesuono studion in Italy in February 2013 with ECM's sound engineer Stefano Amerio.
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