John Tchicai, Vitold Rek and Karl Berger, all jazz musicians of high caliber, present a diverse programme built on the theme of dialogue. … in dialogue nuances are revealed in very different way: you can concentrate on your partner much more intensely because the reactions in dialogue are more spontaneous and somehow more honest. As it is in conversation so it is in music..: the dialogue is the smallest form of interaction and at the same time the most intensive. (Dr. Wolfram Knauer, Jazz-Institute Darmstadt, Germany)
A CD of original music and original arrangements for solo double bass and voice. The works include Polish folk music, short jazz essays, and character pieces. They are charming, witty, moody, and have an organic, home grown quality. Rek pays homage to the Jewish history of Middle Europe, as well as Polish history. The church setting, and its many seconds of decay, in which this project was recorded truly brings out the atmosphere of the hymn. (Bass World, ISB, 1999, USA)
Three Poles, one German and one American make together a team of unusual sonoristic values. Popek, leader of his two other well-known groups (Young Power and Pick Up) plays alto flute here. Its sound blends marvelously with vibes and flugelhorn. Rain waltz
If music is like traveling then each journey is seen through the life of each person, which in turn, becomes the life of the passage. The cost of this journey was well worth the fin
Awesome tribute from some of Poland's finest musicians to the legendary composer, Krzysztof Komeda. A must for fans of any of the artists, Komeda or Polish Jazz.
...the improvisations do not have titles. Nothing is suggests in writing, everything is left to listener's imagination, with no "waterfalls of prolixity." The opening of the "Track 1" subtly introduces the mood, and enslave with gentleness. Rising and descending melody line is like relaxation music focusing one's attention on what happens next. Each new tune comes in different favor, tells different story, with different dynamics, expression, and pace...
One of the defining albums of the New Polish Jazz. The band plays acoustic jazz performed with a set of instruments untypical of this genre. The combination of the sax, accordion and guitar is quite surprising yet interesting. The repertoire is made up of their own pieces although a large number of standards is present as well as spontaneous improvisation. The music is based on the contemporary grooves even though the band plays without samples nor a DJ.
One of the best, though short-lived groups led by Namyslowski was the 1974-76 Quintet with Karolak, Szukalski, Jarzebski and Bartkowski. These excellent jazzmen were lucky to record, in March 1975, rather unusual music by Namyslowski: the highly original pieces that sparked again the touchy problem of Polish folklore presence in jazz.
"Jazz fills my life. It means to me everything - said Namyslowski in 1966, - Playing in quartet suits me the best...Until recently I did not set great store by composition. But now to be successful one cannot merely play Horace Silver's themes and other people's arrangements. And so I have created my own quartet and my own music, to be able play what I want and how I want..."
The music on this record, marked by the individuality
of the composer - leader and his sidemen ... is varied
structurally, instrumentally and harmonically
throughout, with changing tempos and times.
The complete live performance (on 2-CD's) of one of the greatest performers of jazz on the violin, and an extraordinary and forward thinking improviser. This is the last recorded document of Zbigniew Seifert music. On this album he is joined by members of prog jazz group Laboratorium.
This deluxe edition of Seifert's masterpiece comes with 142-page booklet with many rare pictures, essays, Seifert's letters, and reviews - both in Polish and English languages. Collector item. Limited edition.
Live performance of one of the greatest performers of jazz on the violin, and an extraordinary and forward thinking improviser. On this album he is joined by members of prog jazz group Laboratorium.
A masterful improviser who could have ranked at the top with any jazz artist of 20th century, Zbigniew Seifert's early death robbed Poland of one of its top jazz artists.
Zbigniew Wegehaupt - Polish jazz bass player. Graduate of instrumental bass class at State College of Music in Katowice. H ecollaborated with many best Polish jazz musicians, among others: Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, Zbigniew Seifert, Tomasz Stanko, Janusz Muniak, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Jerzy Satanowski, Zbigniew Namyslowski and Wojciech Karolak. Wegehaupt is a lecturer at the Faculty of Jazz in the State School of Music at Bednarska in Warsaw.
He took part in many jazz festivals in Poland and abroad including Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jazz Festival in The Hague, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Bilbao Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival in Düsseldorf. He is a respected studio musician, beside numerous participations in jazz music recordings, he also worked in many pop music and film productions.
