Debut Album
by Jerzy Maczynski

My education background

Classical piano

Warsaw, Poland

Classical Saxophone

Warsaw, Poland

Jazz saxophone

Wroclaw, Poland

Contemporary Composition

Odense, Denmark

Contemporary Performance

Valencia, Spain

My music career

,,Whatever” - P.E. Quartet
Music Festivals

Jerry&ThePelicanSystem

20-21

Jerzy Mączyński

of alternative pop – but improvisation just would not let up. Jerry’s music has largely been
influenced by Wiktoria Jakubowska, who inspired him with her ingenious grooves.
Eight pieces by Mączyński eventually made their way to the album. It opens with “Big
Kraśka” – which was also Jerzy’s first composition ever. The word ‘big’ refers here to
the forceful groove that is also the source of the powerful sound characterizing the entire album. Kraśka is a girl’s name – the composer’s muse, one might say. Jurek is inspired not only by people, but also by art. While composing music he frequently trans-

Jerry & The Pelican System

forms images in his head into sounds. The second number, “GoodnessGOOFY,” with its
overflowing ‘good nature’, is contrasted with the restless “Chaos” and “PeeaceOFF.”
The tripartite “Chaos” refers to a review of Jerzy’s first CD recorded with P.E. Quartet,
which described that collective’s music as ‘controlled chaos’. Already on Mączyński’s
solo album, this tune echoed African rhythms, but it also features atonal elements and
ends with powerful rock-like sound. The ballad “Cosmic Violet (Asian Kiss)” is the
most song-like of all the pieces on this album. Placed halfway through the playlist, it
provides a moment’s rest before another strong accent – the three-part “PeeaceOFF.”

on this page
left to right:
Jerzy Mączyński,
Marcel Baliński,
Marcin Elszkowski,
Franciszek
Pospieszalski,
Wiktowia Jakubowska
(photo: A. Bodnaruś)

Jerry&ThePelicanSystem

PELICAN SYSTEM
My music composition system: multicolored, verbal
content, freedom in interpretation.
My idea for the band members: great improvisers, open
minded people, interesting people.

Jerry&ThePelicanSystem in Warsaw
Me and Piotr Kabaj

Top polish musicians !

Winobranie by Zbigniew Namysłowski

Winobranie

He never wrote any notes for this album
The most important composition is ,, Kiedy szmalu nie
ma to jest Laz”
Based on polish folk music
Combining parts with groov and ad libitum

Structure of the form of the first composition from
,,Winobranie”

1.O:00 - 3:20 - Main melody of the composition on the groove
2.3:20 - 4:00 - Free space SHORT
3.4:00 - 5:20 - Horns solo on the groove
4.5:20 - 7:50 - Free space for improvsation. LONG
5.7:50 - 9:00 - Saxophone solo on the groove
6. 9:00 -10:00 - Last melody on the groove

My Compositions
Jerzy Mączyński

Jerzy Mączyński
Jerry
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1

Big Kraśka

6:54

2

GoodnessGOOFY

4:38

3

Chaos I

7:32

4

Chaos II

2:40

5

Chaos III

3:23

6

Cosmic Violet (Asian Kiss)

5:34

7

PeeaceOFF I

4:43

8

PeeaceOFF II

3:55

9

PeeaceOFF II;

3:15

10

Prince

6:51

11

Zoża hej

6:40

12

Zoża cześć

4:42

13

Naya Rang (feat. Apoorva Krishna)

10:31

kompozycje / composed by:
Jerzy Mączyński

NAYA RANG
- 3 parts composition
- Based on raga ,,Sarasangi”
- Composed during studies in Berklee College of Music

Raga sarasangi - Harmonic
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Conclusion
First album - First evidence

My music can be called
PolishJazz because…

1.Website

2. Stage Presence

3.Experience