1. Wolnosc w Sierpniu / Freedom in August 2. Piesn Nadziei / Hope Song 3. Ballada Powstancza / Rising Ballad 4. Piesn Ruin / Crash Song 5. Dee 6. Piesn Kanalow / Song of The Sewers
all music by Tomasz Stanko
Personnel:
Tomasz Stanko - trumpet
Marcin Wasilewski - piano
Janusz Skowron - electronics, keyboards
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - bass
Michal Miskiewicz - drums
Antymos Apostolis - percussion
Tomasz Szukalski - tenor saxophone
Wojciech Karolak - orchestra's arrangements
String Orchestra of Polish Radio, Marcin Nalcz-Niesiolowski - conductor
Recorded:
September 12-15, 2005 at Studios S2, S4 of Polish Radio, Warsaw, Poland
About:
...while songs like the title track clearly have more detailed arrangements, there’s an airiness and a sense of freedom that perfectly embodies the spirit in which these pieces were composed. As Stanko has aged, like Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava, he has found a more centrist way of retaining the freedom that’s imbued his work since he first emerged in the 1960s with Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda and Alexander von Schlippenbach’s Globe Unity Orchestra. Rather than confining, Stanko’s arrangements paradoxically seem to liberate him to the point where defined melodies and improvisations become almost one and the same. (John Kelman and AllAboutJazz) more
