Szymon Łukowski - alto saxophone
Piotr Lemańczyk - double bass
Tomasz Łosowski - drums
Tomasz Łosowski Acoustic Trio
SOLITON 420
By Adam Baruch
Veteran Polish drummer Tomasz Łosowski is mostly acknowledged for his work in the Pop, Rock and Fusion fields, but this album is his first attempt to play straight Jazz. In order to do so he asked his old friend, the excellent bassist Piotr Lemańczyk and a young saxophonist Szymon Łukowski to join him and together they recorded eight original compositions, seven of which were composed by Lemańczyk and one by Łukowski.
The resulting acoustic trio
delivers a set of excellent pieces, featuring the saxophone as the main soloing
instrument, solidly supported by the rhythm section. Lemańczyk also plays
several of his amazing bass solos, which are perfect as always, and the leader,
avoiding any pyrotechnics and usually completely unnecessary drum eruptions,
sticks to the basics and pushes the trio ahead rhythmically, always with taste
and elegance.
Saxophone trios are often quite
difficult and perilous undertakings, but in this case everything works as the
proverbial "dream". The beautiful melodic themes, performed and
improvised upon by the lyrical and clean sounding alto saxophone are a true
pleasure to listen to. There is a lot of freedom, space and mutual respect
among the trio members, which allows for personal expression as well as tight
communication between the players.
Overall this is quite a
surprisingly successful album, which manages to avoid all the traps of
mainstream Jazz, being unpredictable, passionate and technically proficient.
Definitely a piece of music well worth discovering and wholeheartedly
recommended!
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