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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0602517373457 Label: ECM Records Manufacturer: ECM Records MPN: 001081802 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: ECM Records Release Date: May 06, 2008 Studio: ECM Records Editorial Review: Product Description: A mature statement by a still-young Polish band that already has 15 years of playing experience behind it. All group members shine here, with Marcin Wasilewski again impressive as one of the most outstanding jazz pianists of his generation. The group has already a strong and still-growing following both in their own right and as members of the Tomasz Stanko Quartet. (Additionally, profiles of pianist Wasilewski and bassist Kurkiewicz have been raised by their membership of the Manu Katché Group). Remarkably broad program of material. Repertoire includes music by Prince, Carla Bley, Gary Peacock, Tomasz Stanko, Ennio Morricone as well as original tunes by Wasilewski. This impressive album, coupled with the tour dates, will catapult this group to the spotlight of the jazz community. Average Rating:
 Rating: - January-great listening any month of the year!With so many great piano trios around it can be difficult to pick one as a stand out, but this trio is definitely something special. I agree with the other reveiwers too-this is superior to their first (and very good) CD. With so much great jazz out there, my criteria for a really great album is how often I keep returning to it and this one I have been listening to constantly without tiring of it. Definetly a contender for Best Jazz album of 2008. Tasteful, elegant, understated beauty with the ... Read More Rating:  - This kind of Jazz is "breathing"Marcin Wasilewski belongs to the best of contemporary European Jazz. There exists a very lively and highly inspirated jazz-scene in Poland since a couple of years. The style of music Marcin Wasilewski performs with his trio, is a very special kind of impressionistic, esthetic Jazz, full of well-done harmonizations. The pieces of music "breath", as one could say. Virtuosity lets the music go, instead of opressing it. Espesially remarkable are, as so often, the compositions of Wasilewski himself ... Read More Rating: - extremely listenable, flowing and rythmicHeard a selection from January on NPR jazz one night...impressed enough to buy the album on Amazon...and then i was much more impressed. I like Mehldau, Jarret, and others, but this album is so sublime and beautiful that i rate it above my other piano jazz favorites. Piano, bass and drums are intertwined so skillfully. Watch for more of their albums, and get this album. Rating: - STRONGER AND MUCH FULLER THAN HIS DEBUT ALBUMOne of the best jazz recordings for 2008 from one of the most serious piano players in the world today .His debut album was an excellent effort but JANUARY is much more directed to an holographic and fuller sonic texture tied with melody and harmony and less to the experimental and impessionistic side like TRIO .EXCELLENT AND STRONG . Rating: - Tomasz Stanko's Other Half Steps Out And DeliversMarcin Wasilewski is or was (I'm not sure if they play together anymore) the pianist for the Tomasz Stanko Quartet. This particular trio helped produce such masterpieces as "Soul Of Things" and "Suspended Night" with Stanko. I don't think any other pianist would have given Stanko that dark, moody sound. Wasilewski has really found his niche in this introspective, dark, reflective type of jazz music. The production of the recording is just amazing and yet very typical for ECM. I expect ... Read More |
