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Janek Gwizdala (born November 19, 1978) is an English jazz bassist and record producer born in London.

Having studied Briefly at The Royal Academy of Music in London, and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Janek moved to New York City in 2000.

Contents 1 Recordings as a leader 2 Equipment 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Recordings as a leader

Mystery to Me, released in 2005, was recorded at Manhattan Center Studios in front of a live audience in one take^[1]. It features Mark Turner, Jojo Mayer, Elliot Mason, Tim Miller, Gretchen Parlato, Gregoire Maret, and John Ellis.

Live at the 55bar was recorded live over two nights in Nov 2007, and released February 7th 2008^[2]. It features Oli Rockberger, Elliot Mason, Brad Mason, Justin Vasquez, Tobias Ralph, and Tim Miller.

[edit] Equipment

Janek plays TC Electronic Amplifiers and Speaker Cabinets^[3], D'Addario Strings and Fodera Basses^[4].

[edit] Discography

Artist	Album	Role	Year
Jose Neto	Seventh Wave	Bass	2000
Ronny Jordan	At Last	Producer, Bass, Guitar, Arranger	2003
Adam Freeland	Now And Them	Bass	2003
Kelly Buchanan	Bastard Daughter	Bass	2005
Jem	KCRW Morning becomes eclectic Vol. 3	Guitar	2005
Tama Waipara	Obliqsound Selection, Vol 2	Bass	2005
Janek Gwizdala	Mystery to Me	Producer, Bass, Arranger	2005
Mike Phillips	Uncommon Denominator	Producer, Bass, Guitar, drums, keyboards, Programming	2005
Bob Reynolds (saxophonist)	Can't Wait for Perfect	Producer, Mixing	2006
Patrick Cornelius	Lucid Dream	Producer, Arranger	2006
Various Artists	PopJazz	Bass, Producer	2006
Carl Brister	Focus	Producer, Bass, Guitar, Arranger	2007
Marcus Miller	Free (Marcus Miller album)	Engineer	2007
Marko Djordjevic	Where I come from	Producer, Trumpet, Arranger	2007
Marko Djordjevic	Where I come from - Instructional DVD	Bass	2007
Tyrone Birkett	In the Fullness of Time	Bass	2007
Various Artists	World Culture Music	Bass, Producer	2008
Nick Vayenas	Synesthesia	Producer, Bass	2008
Takanori Niida	Live at the Mega Sone in Obihiro, Japan	Bass	2008
Janek Gwizdala	Live at the 55bar	Producer, Bass, Arranger	2008
Jem (singer)	Down to Earth (Jem album)	Bass, Piano	2008
Justin Vasquez	Triptych	Producer	2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Myspace Page
• Facebook Music Page
• GWIZDALA&sql=11:jxfyxqwsldhe~T4 Allmusic Guide Discography
• Last.fm page
• Janek Gwizdala Podcast