Wojciech Myrczek - vocals
Marcin Kaletka - saxophone
Michał Wierba - piano
Michał Kapczuk - bass
Sebastian Kuchczyński - drums
We'll Be Together Again
SST 002
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album by Polish Jazz vocalist Wojciech Myrczek, recorded with his quintet which also includes saxophonist Marcin Kaletka, pianist Michał Wierba, bassist Michał Kapczuk and drummer Sebastian Kuchczyński. The album, recorded at Polish Radio Katowice, presents seven vocal Jazz standards.
Myrczek has a beautiful classic
Jazz voice and his talent is immediately apparent even on this early recording,
which obviously does not display his full palette, which he learned over time,
as evident on his duo album with pianist with Paweł Tomaszewski, recorded four
years later ("Love Revisited"). He does show his ability to learn the
tricks of the trade, moving freely between singing lyrics (in English, problematic
but tolerable), scat or vocally imitating bass lines.
On this album Myrczek still
lacks his own personal style and expression, obviously imitating a plethora of
influences and searching for the most appropriate path to find his own way.
Nevertheless it still is a solid debut album, especially in view of the fact
that male vocalists are a rare commodity on the Polish Jazz scene.
The instrumental support
Myrczek receives from his cohorts is also very solid, nothing sensational but
well played and supportive of him as a soloist. Wierba is the most gifted
player and the players are all used to play together as members of the Wierba/Schmidt Quintet, therefore their performance as a unit is quite predictable.
Overall this album is a nice
effort, capturing a young vocalist at the early stage of his career, which
remains as a nice document of his musical biography.
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