TOMASZ STANKO
Bosonossa
and other ballads

GOWI CDG 08, Poland, 1994

Tracks:

1. Sunia 13'14 
2. White Ballad 09'52 
3. Maldoror's War Song 09'06 
4. Morning Heavy Song 08'16 
5. Bosonossa 08'19 
6. Die Weisheit von Isidore Ducasse 09'39 

Line-up:

Tomasz Stanko -trumpet
Bobo Stenson - piano
Andres Jormin - double-bass
Tony Oxley - drums

Recorded:
at S4 Studio, Warsaw, Poland, March 29 - April 1, 1993

About:
Stanko's breakthrough 1993 recording was conceived in warm days and cold nights of early Spring of 1993.  Like with a good vine which grapes need to be harvested, crushed and destemmed; the tracks for  'Bosanossa' were  constructed in Stanko's head for many years, preserved in the notes, perfectly balanced between needs of  composition and the freedom for improvisation, separated into four different musical personalities, and finally  recorded.  "Composition is important because you can compose what you approximately look for" - says Stanko, which explains the delicate flavors, melancholies, and nuances of 'Bosanossa's' compositions, masterfully performed by this probably the most underappreciated Stanko's quartet.  The next record by the same quartet ('Leosia', on ECM, 1996) was awarded by Penguin jazz guide four stars and a crown; but when you ask for even more, it is all here on this album, and delivered in a big way. (chazz4jazz)