David Friesen & Leszek Mozdzer - Facing the wind Duets are rather rare instrumental jazz combinations. The very combination of piano and bass calls for the superior technical and creative qualities of both partners.
DAVID MURRAY JAZZ BALTICA ENSAMBLE There is no scarcity of jazz festivals, but there are few that have their own unique and unmistakable profile. JazzBaltica is one of these rare exceptions - a series of events aimed at presenting musical improvisation by and artists from all over Baltic Sea. This CD is was recorded Oct 25, 1992 at the Opera, Kiel during JazzBaltica '92 Festival.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS Andrea Centazzo Mitteleuropa Orchestra Finally after a long and careful digital re-mastering process, I'm pleased present here some un-issued orchestral compositions featuring among the others, the greatest German trombone player Albert Mangellsdorf. (Andrea Centazzo) Lost in the Mist
Dragons 1976 (Aram Shelton, Jason Ajemian & Timothy Daisy) The music of Dragons 1976 is never bound to it's tradition, as each of the members is influenced by a wide array of styles including minimalism, folk, rock, electronic and free improvisation. Rooted in jazz, their music is strongly melodic; with no set chord progressions, it is allowed to freely find its own space.
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DROPS Derek Bailey / Andrea Centazzo We explored some aspects of our improvisational art, gleaned the best elements from our baggage of music memories and exposed them clearly and confidently.(Andrea Centazzo) Drop Two
Easy! WOJCIECH KAROLAK I intended to cut a record with pop music played by jazz musicians. It was done easy, and it should be listened to easy as well; it may come through one ear and flow away through another. And if, incidentally, it brings the listener some pleasure - we may say that is mission is filled. Wojciech Karolak (1974)
Audio Clip:
Instant Groove
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Ecstasy Project Bydgoszcz is a place of eruption of a particular innovative energy, mainly in relation to the native tradition. It is similar in this case, although we deal here with a quite clear inspiration from the jazz-rock music of the 70's (in particular from the early groups such as Jack deJohnette, Weather Report, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra...)
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Ecstasy Project - Europae Rafal Gorzycki - Ecstasy Project leader, looks at music through its twentieth-century struggle. Starting with improvisation and jazz he turns his attention towards the experiences of the European chamber music of the previous century. This is where he tries to find substantial solutions for his musical experiments. The music of mature Europe digested in the atonality, neo-Romanticism and minimalist experiments seems to be great support in his poetic excursions towards Europe Impossible, Europe with no Chaos, Europe of philosophers, artists and craftsmen. And this is this vision that makes him study the rich heritage of the last century avant-gard. With his band, whose members come from the cultures of classical music, yet again does he discourse about the beauty and lyricism devoid of the pressure of the noisy commerciality. Ecstasy Project tells us how beautiful and wise Europe is with its experience. Let us listen, although so difficult it is sometimes to believe in this beauty...(Zbigniew Zielinski)
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Ecstasy Project - Reminiscence Europae (CD/DVD) Ecstasy Project "EUROPAE" is a special homage paid to the 20th century's European music. "Reminiscence Europae" consists of live material for the same project presented both on CD as well as on DVD.
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ECSTASY PROJECT TRIO Realium ...ambient, new age whatever, it has much beauty. Maybe a bit too much violin, but the drumming percussion in fantastic, very pretty, and the bass is great, lots of atmosphere, very visual, and it has the special Polish magic that draws me in. If people could hear this, they would like it. There is tons of stuff like this out there on the market with crappy drum machines and overdone bass and effects, but this is the real thing. I think it is a winner. Its different, but very nice, not jazz, but something that transcends the jazz genre...
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Ensemble 56 - 1st Meeting Towards Sky Flight Of Dragon Ensemble 56 feature Attila Dora on alto & tenor sax & G-clarinet, Rafal Mazur on acoustic bass guitar and Mieczyslaw Gorka on drums & percussion. All the pieces flow seamlessly into one another and the entire 50+ minute set is an intense joyride throughout.
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Enterout Trio (Piotr Melech / Adam Wróblewski / Sebastian Grzesiak) - Pink Ivory The Enterout Trio was established in 2007 in Poznan, following the initiative of the clarinetist Piotr Melech, the percussionist Sebastian Grzesiak and the cellist Adam Wróblewski. Each member of the Trio has different musical experience which contributes to the eclectic character of their music. Sebastian Grzesiak and Piotr Melech began their collaboration in the Netherlands taking inspiration from Dutch avant-garde musicians. In Poznan they were joined by Adam Wróblewski, a classical cellist. From the beginning, the Trio's joint explorations were based on improvisation. Elements of jazz, modern and ethnical music combined with experimenting with sound result in an unconventional albeit consistent whole.
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Eugene Chadbourne, Andrea Centazzo - German Horse 2CDs box-set ...I went and practiced guitar on the Tiber. A German whore came on to me. I had been drinking wine, beer and champagne and playing weird electric guitar solos all night. Luckily an old man that looked like Raymond Massey trying to be Boris Karloff in the film of Arsenic and Old Lace stole her away from me... (excerpt from album's liner notes by Eugene Chadbourne)
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Evan Parker, Alvin Curran, Andrea Centazzo IN REAL TIME It was a magic evening. Not only did the trio burst with a creative energy that was homogeneous and interactive, but the acoustics, usually inadequate, of the half-empty sports pavilion with a capacity of 10,000 people, gave the music an ethereal transparency and crystalline purity that the recording captured and the CD newly presents in all its singular beauty. In Real Time #6
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Ewa Bem Loves the Beatles The songs by Lennon / McCartney performed by legendary Ewa Bem. Audio Clip: Here, there and everywhere
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Franz Koglmann / Lol Coxhill / Andrea Centazzo Darkly Again The collaboration between Andrea Centazzo and Lol Coxhill lasted few years and saw mainly the two playing in duo or with the trumpeter Franz Koglmann. All materials were recorded live in Vienna and Innsbruck in Austria in 1979 and 1983.
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Ganelin Trio Priority Live in Lugano 2006 Ganelin, Vysniauskas and Kugel are more than just plain avant-gardists that break up all connections behind them just to pay tribute to some future aesthetic. They make use of the method of American jazz in order to listen deeply into the European musical tradition...
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Gebhard Ullmann - Basement Research Live in Münster few improvising artists can boast the stream of creative ideas that seem to bubble from gebhard ullmann. ullmann focuses on the fundamentals of improvised jazz: melody, sound, syncopation and technical excellence, but what makes his writing and playing so successful is his seemingly never-ending innovative nature: without grasping for neoteric straws, ullmann's performances are grounded in the past but plunge forward deliberately toward modernity. ullmann leaves the strong mark of a disciplined sculptor of sound, who speaks his own compelling language
