Damian Kostka - Rules for Being Human (2023) Hi-Res

According to Damian Kostka, the music on his album Rules For Being Human talks about a man, his struggles with the achievement of new goals and the internal resistance he feels when he enters previously unknown territory.

The material was recorded with: Kuba Marciniak (tenor saxophone, flute), Cyprian Baszyński (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jacek Szwaj (piano), Damian Kostka (double bass, bass guitar), Mateusz Brzostowski (drums). All compositions are by the leader.

Damian Kostka is a double bass and bass guitar lecturer at the Faculty of Jazz and Stage Music at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań. He has been awarded many times at Polish and foreign competitions. Currently, he permanently collaborates with Skalpel, Włodek Pawlik, Weeżdż Collective and Acid Groove. Some of the stars he has worked with include: Stanley Jordan, Chico Freeman, Mike Stern, Jean-Luc Ponty, Sarah McKenzie and Leszek Możdżer.