Composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, electric bassist and accordionist.
First arrived in Toronto in 1973 following a stint with the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. Since that time, he has performed as a musician on the scores of over 100 feature films, numerous television shows (such as "Earth: Final Conflict", "Street Legal", "The Road to Avonlea", "Side Effects", "SCTV", "The Woflman Jack Show" and "The Jim Henson Hour") and over 1,000 commercials. As a player, he has also been much in demand by some of the finest international performing artists, such as Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Esthero, Bryan Adams, Little Richard, K.D. Lang, Dionne Warwick, and many others.
In the 1980s he co-founded production company/studio Acrobat Music with Ray Parker and Jim Morgan. Szczesniak now works together with Ray Parker for their company 'Parkerszczmith Music Inc', located in Toronto, Canada.
Canada