Kajetan Galas Organ Spot - Oitago. Release Date: February 28, 2025 (SJRecords 083)
The album is available on CD, streaming platforms, and as downloadable WAV Hi-Res 24-bit / 48kHz files with accompanying artwork.
Kajetan Galas Organ Spot - Oitago
Kajetan Galas – Hammond organ
Szymon Mika – guitar
Grzegorz Masłowski – drums
feat. Marcin Kaletka – saxophone
The Kajetan Galas Organ Spot returns after 12 years with a new album, Oitago, featuring six original compositions and two jazz standards. In recent years, the trio has also been performing in an extended lineup with saxophonist Marcin Kaletka.
Oitago is a musical journey inspired by the legend of a young musician, Jet-San, who discovered mystical wisdom flowing from the river. The philosophy of Oitago, based on the harmony of life and music, serves as a metaphor for the band’s creative journey.
Kajetan Galas Organ Spot blends jazz with the rich tradition of the Hammond organ, merging classical inspirations with a modern sound. The album Oitago is a symbolic sonic voyage, balancing between melancholy and euphoria, while drawing from the mysterious legend.
Musicians:
Kajetan Galas – Hammond organ
An organist and pianist, he has been recognized in the Jazz Forum Critics' Poll in the organ category (2020, 2022) and in the Jazz Forum readers’ poll (2021). He is an official Hammond Polska artist and a recipient of the Kraków City Creative Scholarship (2023).
A winner of multiple jazz competitions, including Jazz nad Odrą, Blue Note Jazz Competition, Azoty Tarnów International Jazz Contest, and Novum Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with artists such as Janusz Muniak, Michał Urbaniak, and Stanisław Soyka. He has recorded 14 albums, debuting with Organ Spot in 2012 and releasing Oitago in 2025.
Szymon Mika – guitar
One of Poland’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, winner of the Jarek Śmietana International Jazz Guitar Competition (2015), Grand Prix Jazz nad Odrą (2012), and numerous other awards.
Named Hope of the Year 2016 and Guitarist of the Year 2022 by Jazz Forum. He studied in Poland and Switzerland and participated in the Focusyear program, collaborating with Dave Holland, Joshua Redman, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He has released several albums, including Unseen and Togetherness.
Grzegorz Masłowski – drums
A drummer and graduate of the Music Academies in Katowice and Kraków, he has won prestigious jazz competitions in Poland and abroad, including the Getxo Jazz Festival (Spain), Jazz Juniors, and Jazz nad Odrą.
He received the Andel Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year (2012, 2022) in the Czech Republic. He has worked with Janusz Muniak, Piotr Wojtasik, Grzegorz Karnas, Marek Dyjak, Inner Spaces, and New Bone.
Marcin Kaletka – saxophone
A tenor and soprano saxophonist, composer, and graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice and the Frost School of Music, University of Miami.
Currently a faculty member at the Academy of Music in Katowice. He has collaborated with Piotr Wojtasik, Eryk Kulm, Aga Zaryan, Leszek Możdżer, and Dariusz Oleszkiewicz. He has recorded numerous albums as a sideman.
