Aleksander Kaminski - saxophone
Pawel Urowski - bass
Rafal Gorzycki - drums
MW 002
By Adam Baruch
This is an excellent album by a quartet of young generation Polish Jazz musicians: guitarist Kamil Pater, saxophonist Aleksander Kaminski, bassist Pawel Urowski and drummer Rafal Gorzycki. They have all appeared in different local ensembles since the turn of the Century and have an established reputation as some of the biggest hopes of the future Polish Jazz scene. The album presents eight original compositions, with two each by Pater, Urowski and Pater / Kaminski, one by Gorzycki and the remaining one by all four musicians.
The music is an interesting
blend of modern Jazz and some Blues, Rock, Electronics and Contemporary
Classical influences. The overall atmosphere is contemplative and relaxed and
the up-tempo passages are usually brief and serve as a contrast to the low-key
attitude, which dominates this recording. There are clear melodic themes stated
in each of the compositions, but there is also a lot of freedom and individual
expression herein. The two main soloists (i.e. guitar and saxophone) play some
beautiful duets and the level of interplay between the four musicians is simply
phenomenal.
It is great to see musicians
finding new ways to express their talents and innovate, rather than follow the
beaten path of mainstream Jazz, which has been over-exploited for decades. This
music is original, fresh, fascinating and stylistically diverse to keep the
listeners on their toes time and time again. Three of the musicians playing
here recorded another splendid album entitles "A-Kineton" with
saxophonist Irek Wojtczak replacing Kaminski, which is also a "must
have" for all Polish Jazz connoisseurs.
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