Jazz drummer. One of the most important persons of the Polish Jazz stage. He has been playing jazz incessantly for the last 45 years, performing with outstanding Polish and foreign musicians.
He made his debut in 1960 with Jerzy Paklulski "Far Quartet", played with Krzysztof Komeda Quintet, Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet, Niemen "Enigmatic", Adam Makowicz-Tomasz Stanko Trio, Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski Band, Michal Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak Group, with Wojtek Karolak, Henryk Majewski and many others.
Bartkowski also worked with Art Farmer, Aladar Pege, Ben Webster, and Clark Terry.
He performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, The North Sea Jazz Festival, Berliner Jazz Tage, Molde Jazz Festival, The New York Jazz Festival, Tauranga, Comablain La Tour, India Jazz Festival...
He is a Honorary Member of Tauranga Jazz festival Society and The New Orleans Clubs New Castle on Tyne England; has been awarded for his significant contribution to the country's cultural development and artistic education.
Since 1993 - member of Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio. Since 1993 he has been also teaching drums at the Faculty of Jazz at the High School of Music in Warsaw.
Czeslaw Bartkowski endorses PAISTE cymbals and OSCA sticks.