“One of Europe's most versatile and curious players"
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Tomasz Dąbrowski Wins Two Fryderyk Awards
Tomasz Dąbrowski was honored with two Fryderyk Awards—Poland’s most prestigious music prize. He received Musician of the Year and Album of the Year for Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings – Better. These awards celebrate his contributions to contemporary jazz and improvised music, and mark an important milestone in his artistic journey.
Critically acclaimed Polish-born trumpeter based in Scandinavia
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Praised by DownBeat Magazine as one of Europe's most versatile and curious players, Polish-born trumpeter Tomasz Dąbrowski—a Scandinavian-based musician and composer—makes music that whispers then screams; beautiful, open melodies merging into non-trumpet-like noise.
Dąbrowski has revealed an unceasing curiosity, stretching and expanding his jazz roots in an ever-widening circle of exploration.
From the beginning he’s rejected hierarchies, preferring to see creative music as a boundless practice that can accommodate ideas drawn from every spot on the stylistic map.
While plenty of musicians pivot toward new directions, sometimes transforming their aesthetic wholesale, Dąbrowski has long revealed a more ruminative and holistic mindset that has allowed him to retain a clear artistic identity through countless projects, whether driven by improvisation or composition.
In 2025, this distinctive vision was recognized with two Fryderyk Awards—Poland’s most prestigious music honors—for Musician of the Year and Album of the Year (Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings – Better).
PRESS
“While Dąbrowski is the star, six other musicians – four Polish, two Scandinavian – help celebrate this dazzling testament to individuality”
★★★★★ DownBeat Magazine (US)
Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings
"I didn't know much about Tomasz Dąbrowski before, it's about time though, because we are dealing with superb trumpeter, who is following the great Polish
tradition of trumpeters."
Salt Peanuts
"A subtle sonic colorist a la Nate Wooley or Cuong Vu, Dąbrowski shades his rich, warm tone with squelches, halfvalvings and wah-wahs to achieve a bright but
burred effect."
New York City Jazz Record (US)
„The result is a deeply personal, yet powerful celebration, embedded in a massive soundscape. The Individual Beings is the next compelling chapter in the story of a real-time rising star and a mature, thoughtful tribute to a great legend”
Jazz-Fun.de (D)
Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings
"Absolutely brilliant trumpeter"
Jazz Special (DK)
„It’s a bold, adventurous date with ideas to spare”
Jazzwise (UK)
Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings
„With this album, Polish jazz wonder Tomasz Dąbrowski creates one of the most interesting and cognitive dissonant experiences of the moment”
Seismograf Magazine (DK)
"Dąbrowski is one of Europe's most versatile and curious players, a musician eager to challenge himself with shifting contexts and self-imposed limitations"
Downbeat Magazine
"Dąbrowski’s meteoric rise to fame is fully justified, His virtuosic attack, combined with the intrinsic lyricism, turn his trumpet into a seemingly unlimited tool able to express an enormously diverse set of emotions, from whisper to shout, anger to joy, despair to mellow melancholy."
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