While studying at Berklee, Gwizdala joined the band of Kenwood Dennard and was afforded the opportunity to work with musicians like Pete Levin and Hiram Bullock. After an invitation to sit in with them in London in 1998, it was on Flora's advice that Gwizdala move to the U.S. A job at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London as assistant sound engineer led to meeting Brazilian jazz musicians Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. The next day a bass was purchased and Gwizdala followed Cottle around London and the UK, learning everything he could. Through these early years Gwizdala's main interest was in drums, and it was the lure of one of his favorite drummers, Ian Thomas, that convinced him to attend a local jazz gig at the Gun Tavern in Croydon with a friend, the band leader Laurence Cottle. Gwizdala's beginnings in music started at age 11 with classical guitar lessons at the Merton Music Foundation from Peter Woodings, as well as study in classical music through brass ensembles and orchestral percussion, drum lessons with now Buzzcocks drummer Danny Farrant, and participation in almost every style and genre of ensemble that was offered by the MMF.
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