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Leszek Możdżer
Composer, pianist, jazz musician, music producer, recently artistic director of the legendary SFINKS 700 club in Sopot, suggests a 7-day programme to give you insight into the city’s scene lation, progressions and harmonic substitutes, pleasing the more demanding jazz enthusiasts during the weekly jam sessions. Friday and Saturday
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Monday Say hello to the sea. Listen to the only genuine music of Sopot – the sound of the Bay of Gdańsk. With its uninterrupted rhythm, the sea will envelop you with its wonderfully soothing whisper, asking you a few important questions. Tuesday After a good rest, we begin our tour at 8.00 pm. To start, allow yourselves to be carried away by Jazz Travel – a cycle of tue gigs in the club Versalka > 1 (ul. Bohaterów Monte Cassino 63). The cosy stage of that club has witnessed the best Polish jazz musicians of the young, mid and older generations. Versalka is the perfect place to gather momentum for the rest of the week. Wednesday Papryka (ul. Grunwaldzka 11, Live Wednesdays, 9 pm). A place for those in the know, the Mecca of Tricity’s alternative scene. Access to those over 21 years old; ring the bell on the left-hand side.
Once inside, you will find yourself in the midst of loud, energetic guitar music. The joyous and spontaneous jamming sessions bring together the rock and punk scene of Tricity. Jazz musicians and DJs also pop in, sometimes the stage will feature dozens of musicians on a single evening; no one here is surprised by the roar of guitars at 3 o’clock in the morning. But midnight is usually the hottest hour. Thursday After a heavy dose of decibels it’s time for a change. Thursday music evenings at 6 pm in Dworek Sierakowski (ul. Józefa Czyżewskiego 12) will restore the right sensitivity to your hearing. Here, every thu you can listen to the most talented and active musicians in Tricity. Once you have fed your soul with a portion of delicate and sophisticated classical music, I suggest that you try something harder and take a walk to Stary Rower (ul. Pułaskiego 15). Here, the premier jazz league of Tricity and its surrounding areas swings its way through the jungle of jazz modu-
You don’t need a special plan to get to know the DJ scene – all you need to do is walk from club to club. Mandarynka (ul. Bema 6), Stary Rower, Spatif, Soho (ul. Bohaterów Monte Cassino 61), Coco Bongo (ul. Bohaterów Monte Cassino 55/57), Ferber (ul. Bohaterów Monte Cassino 48), Ego (BohaterówMonte Cassino 53). Luckily, you can get everywhere on foot, as the clubs are only a few paces from one another and you won’t need the car at all, unless you want to go to Pestka (ul. Sportowa 1). Sunday Visit Sauna World in Sopot’s Aqua Park (ul. Zamkowa Góra 3), for after such an intensive week, your body will need some rest and cleansing. In the evening, the ritual of saying farewell to the sea, the sound of which will soothe your senses, the obligatory borsch and pierogi in Spatif >2 (Bohaterów Monte Cassino 52). On a Sunday evening you should be able to easily find a table. The Sopot sound treatment is over; now you can go back to your daily business, enriched by unforgettable musical sensations.
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