Łukasz Juźko - tenor saxophone
Michał Wróblewski - piano
Bartosz Świątek - bass
Sebastian Kuchczyński - drums
First Breath
SJ 027
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album by Polish saxophonist/composer Łukasz Juźko, recorded in a quartet setting with pianist Michał Wróblewski, bassist Bartosz Świątek and drummer Sebastian Kuchczyński. The album presents nine original compositions, presumably all by the leader, although the album's artwork does not state it. The album is beautifully recorded and the sound quality is truly remarkable.
The music is a highly melodic
mainstream Jazz, easy on the ear, romantic and basically belonging to the
Smooth Jazz idiom, which of course does not mean, contrary to popular opinion,
that the music is not ambitious or well played, far from it. The compositions
are all very well structured and coherent harmonically and serve as perfect vehicles
for the improvisations created by Juźko and Wróblewski.
All four instrumentalist are
excellent, playing as well as can be expected from these well educated and
talented young musicians, who already have remarkable achievements behind them.
Juźko has a nice tone, and his tenor saxophone performances sound highly
professional and inspired. Wróblewski is a superb pianist and his chord
structures and solos are simply perfectly suited for this music. The rhythm
session also performs brilliantly, with a strong rhythmic signature, which
gives the music quite a kick. Overall this is an impressive
debut album, which presents Juźko as a mature composer and player, and which
shows a lot of potential for his future endeavors. Highly recommended to
connoisseurs of melodic Jazz and ageless romantics!
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