Kamil Piotrowicz - piano
Emil Miszk - trumpet
Piotr Chęcki - tenor saxophone
Michał Bąk - double bass
Sławek Koryzno - drums
Birth
HEVHETIA 0105
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album by Polish Jazz pianist/composer Kamil Piotrowicz recorded in a quintet setting with trumpeter Emil Miszk, saxophonist Piotr Chęcki, bassist Michał Bąk and drummer Sławomir Koryzno. It presents nine original compositions (one appearing twice and another based on a Folk tune) by Piotrowicz and one standard.
The music is mostly quite
conventional, well within the mainstream Jazz format, with occasional less
constrained and more open moments. The compositions are however quite
sophisticated and often feature several subsections with different rhythmic
patterns and melodic themes, tuning them into mini-suites. The overall level of
these compositions is certainly well advanced, especially in view of the young
age of the composer.
The arrangements feature the
entire ensemble extensively, with the brass section up front, in charge of most
of the solos, and the leader staying relatively in the background. It is pretty
obvious that the emphasis of this album is in the following order of
importance: compositions, arrangements, ensemble performance and only then
individual solos. All the young members of the quintet have already some
experience and appear on earlier recordings and they are the new generation
that will dominate the Polish Jazz scene in the years to come. Judging by what
they are able to do herein, things look pretty promising.
This is definitely a most
impressive debut effort, which although does not break any new ground,
certainly proves that there are still infinite opportunities within the
established borders of Jazz. Congratulations are in order and of course I'm
already waiting for the next endeavor.
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