Release Date: 14 September 2018
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602567384861
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 14 September 2018
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 602567399162
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
For years, fans of Poland's Marcin Wasilewski Trio have been asking for a live album. The group made this one "by accident", unaware that their August 2016 performance at Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp had been recorded by the festival.
On listening, they felt that it captured the soul of things rather well, "maybe because there was no awareness of playing to the microphone". Unselfconsciously dynamic and outgoing, the trio draws an enthusiastic response from the audience. "Being out in front of an audience of 4,000 doesn't change your playing or your skills," Wasilewski reflects, "but with a crowd of this size you have to project more energy. You can hear that in this recording."
The trio is certainly in energetic, extroverted mode, fanning the flames of their 'Spark of Life' repertoire and drawing on the deep understanding Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz have established in the course of a quarter century of shared musical endeavour. As Jazz Journal has noted, "Wasilewski's music celebrates a vast dynamic range, from the most deftly struck pianistic delicacies to gloriously intense emotional exuberance, the chords pounded with unrestrained joy, yet always within a marvellously melodic concept."
Personnel: Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michal Miskiewicz (drums)
Description
For years, fans of Poland’s Marcin Wasilewski Trio have been asking for a live album. The group made this one “by accident�, unaware that their August 2016 performance at Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp had been recorded by the festival.
On listening, they felt that it captured the soul of things rather well, “maybe because there was no awareness of playing to the microphone�. Unselfconsciously dynamic and outgoing, the trio draws an enthusiastic response from the audience. “Being out in front of an audience of 4,000 doesn’t change your playing or your skills,� Wasilewski reflects, “but with a crowd of this size you have to project more energy. You can hear that in this recording.�
The trio is certainly in energetic, extroverted mode, fanning the flames of their ‘Spark of Life’ repertoire and drawing on the deep understanding Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz have established in the course of a quarter century of shared musical endeavour. As Jazz Journal has noted, “Wasilewski’s music celebrates a vast dynamic range, from the most deftly struck pianistic delicacies to gloriously intense emotional exuberance, the chords pounded with unrestrained joy, yet always within a marvellously melodic concept.�
Personnel: Marcin Wasilewski (piano), S 322;awomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Micha 322; Miskiewicz (drums)
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
John Surman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
