Romuald Frey: January 2007

"The Pat" on All Ears

In January 2007 I published my composition "The Pat" on a Swedish music site AllEars.
This is an instrumental piece of music that was recorded in my home recording studio.

Musicians:
Janne Jansson - drums
Hjalmar Sventelius - keyboard
Romuald Frey - guitars, bass, producer

Janne Jansson

Romuald Frey

Hjalmar Sventelius

In May, 2005 together with Leslie Kot I arranged, produced and recorded a special version of Bob Dylans "Knockin´On Heavens Door" that was performed by 590 guitarists on GITARRENS HELGDAG-Guinness World Record Attempt, the biggest guitar show ever in Örebro, Sweden.
The track was made by Pappa Leslie Rockin´House Band:
Charlotte Ollward, Åsa Jonsson, Roland "Rolle" Rosenqvist,
Robban Eriksson-background vocals
Romuald Frey: guitar, bass, drums programming (guitar solo nr 1)
Leszek Cichonski: guitar (guitar solo nr 2)
Janusz Konefal: guitar (guitar solo nr 3)
Jacek Krzaklewski: guitar, Hammond (guitar solo nr 4)
Leslie Kot: vocal, guitar, harmonica

Projects in Poland

(1972) Romuald Frey
Festiwal Piosenki Studenckiej in Opole
with Wojciech Popkiewicz Group-TV broadcast

Between 1968 and 1985 I played concerts,
made records and shows in Polish Radio and TV with bands such as:
-eRBe (with this rhythm & blues band I made my first TV-show in Katowice).
-Nurt
-Wojciech Popkiewicz Group
-Freedom
-Ryszard Gwalbert Misiek Group
-Transport Band

-Ozzy
-Jazz Guitar Workshop (the first electric guitar duo in Poland formed together with Stanislaw Zybowski).
-Wroclaw Band
Orkiestra Polskiego Radia & Telewizji with Studio 202 and singers Ewa Bem, Andrzej Zaucha).

(1983) Romuald Frey & Stanislaw Zybowski,
Jazz Club Rura, Wroclaw

(1977) Ryszard Gwalbert Misiek Group
Romuald Frey, Juliusz Mazur, Miroslaw Pucek,
Ryszard G.Misiek, Mieczyslaw Jurecki,
Czeslaw Dworzanski, Jerzy Tanski

(1981) Transport Band
Roman "Pazur" Wojciechowski
Romuald Frey
Jerzy "Wilk" Kaczmarek
Wlodzimierz "Lola" Krakus
Jacek Ratajczyk

(1983) OZZY
Jacek Ratajczyk
Wlodzimierz "Lolla" Krakus
Leslie Kot
Romuald Frey
Leszek Cichonski
(Video recording, TV-Warsaw)

I played guitar on Ewa Bems record "Ewa Bem Loves The Beatles", recorded in 1984 at Polskie Nagrania in Warsaw (new edition in 2006, more on: http://ewabem.pl/muzyka.htm).

I played at International Jazz Festival Jazz nad Odra, Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej in Opole, Fama in Swinousjcie, Poznanska Wiosna Estradowa and Zaduszki Jazzowe in Krakow and was also member of the band of Festiwal Piosenki Aktorskiej in Wroclaw.

I worked as a sideman in music productions for Teatr Polski, Wytwornia Filmow Fabularnych and Polish Radio & TV in Wroclaw (there I also recorded compositions of my own) and taught youngsters to play the guitar at Jazz Workshops organized by Polish Jazz Society and Polish Radio & TV Wroclaw.

Projects in Sweden

Since 1985 I live in Lund, Sweden.
During many years I´ve toured in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany with several musicians & bands such as Håkan Nyqvist-Romuald Frey Duo (jazz), Janne Jansson Band (fusion), Keepers (dance music), Hoppe & The Gallery (bluesrock) and HOPPE (rock, pop).

1997 Leslie Kot and I recorded CD album "In Solitude Of Yesterday".
Featuring: Jacek Krzaklewski, Ryszard G. Misiek