Judyta Pisarczyk - vocals
Michał Honisz - guitar
Marek Tutko - keyboards
Bogumił Eksner - bass
Roman Majda - drums
Koncert w Trójce
POLSKIE RADIO 2169
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album by
Polish Jazz vocalist Judyta Pisarczyk, recorded live at the Polish Radio Studio
Three in Warsaw.
She is accompanied by guitarist Michał Honisz, keyboardist Marek Tutko, bassist
Bogumił Eksner and drummer Roman Majda. The album presents eleven songs, two of
which are originals she composed and wrote lyrics for, one is a Polish Pop song
and the rest are Jazz standards.
Pisarczyk, who won the Grand
Prix at the Ladies' Jazz Festival competition in 2017, puts on a great show
from the moment she opens her mouth and sounds like a true veteran, in spite of
her young age. She uses her voice skillfully both when singing lyrics and when
improvising and singing vocalese. Sadly all the texts, including those of her
original songs, except for the one Polish Pop song, are in English, which of
course creates the usual uneasiness caused by Polish vocalists singing in
English, but overall this is a rather minor vice in the grand scale of things.
It is enough to compare her performance when singing the Polish lyrics to the
other songs to understand what I mean.
The accompaniment by the
quartet, which plays mostly electrically, is not the ideal environment to
emphasize the vocalist's Jazzy explorations, and the album would have been
infinitely more effective with a classic Jazz piano trio and perhaps a
saxophone for a good measure. But again, all things considered, the quartet
members play amicably and technically very proficiently, so the music sounds
very nicely altogether, although is more Fusion/Funk oriented than focused on
Jazz.
The two original songs have
very little to do with the rest of this album, which perhaps emphasizes the
fact that Pisarczyk is still not exactly sure about her stylistic direction,
which perhaps will eventually take her away from singing Jazz standards and
move towards her own original material.
Whatever the future might
bring, this album is an excellent calling card showcasing her abilities, rather
than a true artistic debut par excellence. It definitely shows her great
potential, which she will surely justify with her future achievements.
Nevertheless Jazz vocals fans should have a lot of fun with this album, which
is a truly enjoyable listen.
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