Jazz Clubs Serie - 2

Yacek Jazz Club




Yacek Jazz Agency (YJA) represents some of the finest jazz musicians in South Australia, Australia and abroad. Yacek Jazz Agency provide artist management, bookings and production services, ranging from concert and project production to tour preparation and road management.

Yacek Jazz Agency (YJA) was founded by Yacek Szocinski in March 2006. Yacek, a jazz enthusiast, publisher and photographer has been actively involved in the local Jazz Scene since 2001. YJA brings modern, original and totally improvised jazz to the Adelaide jazz lovers at Black Note Adelaide Jazz Club, launched May 5, 2006.

Jacek (pronounced Yacek) has had a passion for music and a special love for Jazz since he was a teenager. During his formative years as a student at the Music Conservatory in Poland, Jacek frequented all Jazz Events and Festivals in order to feed his insatiable appetite for ‘music with soul’. Among the big names he was fortunate to see perform live were Buddy Rich, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and many more .

In the late 70’s he regularly attended the biggest Polish jazz festival, ‘Jazz Jamboree’ as well as Europe’s most popular music event, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Den Haag (The Netherlands). Jacek was also privileged to be among the guests on the opening night of Blue Note Jazz Club in Poznan (Poland, 1998) and in 2000 he traveled to Belgium to see Scott Hamilton, Chico Freeman, Archie Shepp and Benny Golson performing at 21st Gouvy – Sterpigny Jazz and Blues Festival.

Experiencing these ‘giants of jazz’ first-hand cemented Jacek’s desire to become personally involved in bringing this music to the people and hence, sharing the message of the players. In the mid-nineties, he began his involvement in the music industry when he established and managed a Culture and Entertainment Centre ‘Komoda’ in his home town in Poland. Jacek’s dream had begun to become reality.

In 2001, he arrived in Adelaide and almost immediately became a committee member of the Jazz Action Society.
A year later, he took over the position of editor of Jazz Notes, the JAS Newsletter. Over a two year period from 2003 - 2004, he significantly improved the content and quality of the publication. Also during that time, Jacek took the opportunity to develop and coordinate a new venue in Adelaide, No Liezz Jazz Club, taking on the role of event organizer and person in charge of the sound and lighting.

Jacek’s long-lived passion for jazz and love of live music events have prompted him to start up his own club which brings modern, original and totally improvised jazz to the Adelaide jazz lovers. His ‘baby’, Black Note Adelaide Jazz Club, was born and launched May 5, 2006.

Jacek’s passions also extend to photography and he regularly shoots live jazz bands at events and festivals. He displayed an exhibition of Jazz Images during the East End International Jazz Festival.