dr hab. Marcin Ślusarczyk – HEAD
Graduate of the Krakow Academy of Music. Currently leads his own Trio/Quartet, and is a member of various other groups, including: Janusz Muniak Sextet/Quintet, Wojciech Groborz Paceline 4, Bartosz Pernal Quartet. He has worked with a multitude of renowned artists and musical formations, including: New Bone, Big Band Zbigniewa Namysłowskiego, Leszek Kułakowski Quintet, Miłość, Janusz Skowron Quartet, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Piotr Baron, Jarek Śmietana, Andrzej Cudzich, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, Leszek Możdżer, Joachim Mencel, Jacek Kochan, Piotr Wojtasik, Jerzy Małek, Dante Luciani, Tuna Ötenel, Willem von Chombraht, Garry Witner, Rusty Jones. He has also taken part in many significant national and international jazz festivals, the more noteworthy of which are: Gdynia Summer Jazz Days, Komeda Jazz Festiwal, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Jazzowy Starzy i młodzi czyli jazz w Krakowie, Tarnogórskie Spotkania Jazzowe, Międzynarodowe Głogowskie Spotkania Jazzowe, Festiwal Trębaczy Jazzowych Miles Davis Memorial Night, Artus Jazz Festiwal, Letni Festiwal Jazzowy w Piwnicy pod Baranami, Hanza Jazz Festiwal, Radomski Festiwal Jazzowy, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Jazzowy (Polička, Czech Republic), Upper Silesian Jazznight (Dusseldorf, Germany), Jazz Bez… (Przemyśl / Lwów, Ukraine/Poland), Polish Jazz Festival (Stockholm, Sweden), Bratislavskie Jazzove Dni, Banska Bistrica Jazz Festival (Slovakia), London Jazz Festival. His recorded output consists of 15 CD releases.