"I heard two artists who have stayed with me: Rafal Rokicki, a pianist who transformed short kernels of thought into thunderous declamations, in lock step with his trio mates."
Jeff Levenson, label executive, writer-producer, and jazz journalist. His affiliations include posts at Half Note, Sony, Warner Bros, Downbeat and Billboard.


"Rafał Rokicki has a subtle style of playing, great sensitivity and the ability to create the mood. (...) It seems that on the Polish jazz scene there appeared a jazz pianist of a great potential."
Jazz Forum 03/2011 (Henryk Kotowski)

"They have enchanted the audience with a Chopin's lyricism, scandinavian minimalism and a beautiful elegant sound."
Jazz Forum 03/2011 (Marek Demidowicz)

"A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, a recipient of a Jazz Performance Award and an author of a much appreciated record brought from the USA titled G.H.R. – the pianist Rafał Rokicki is gaining more and more recognition from the Polish media, the audience and the music critics."
Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica Pod Baranami in Cracow

"The choice of Rokicki to open the series turned to be an incredible success. (...) Rokicki is a gifted artist of a well-mastered technique and ideas. He seems to prefer an aesthetic of romanticism. He played focused, gently choosing nicely sounding chords and skilfully shaping moods shifting smoothly from piano to forte."
Jazz Forum 4/5 2011 (Cezary Gumiński)

"The piano playing of Rokicki is such a shapely creation, that does not contain too many crazy harmonic passages, but because of this, it creates a sound, that should be associated with the grace and elegance of jazz. It's not a piano-bar-jazz and fast melodic passages, so often offered by young players ( ... ) Rafał has great skills and musicianship as well as a great potential of music - jazz associations. He plays with the music! And this is the fastest way to an artistic fullfillment."
Dionizy Piątkowski, Era Jazzu Festival

"He’s very talented and very musical."
Joanne Brackeen

"I have known Mr. Rokicki for about two years and he is an exellent musician."
Winston Maccow

"His piano skills are guite impressive. He is an exellent reader and plays in the jazz idiom very authentically."
Brian Lewis