Dominik Kisiel - piano
Michał Jan Ciesielski - saxophones
Piotr Szajrych - double bass
Adam Golicki - drums
Live At Radio Katowice
PRK 0137
By Adam Baruch
This is a live recording by
young Polish Jazz pianist/composer Dominik Kisiel and his quartet called
Exploration Quartet, which also includes saxophonist Michał Jan Ciesielski,
bassist Piotr Szajrych and drummer Adam Golicki. The album presents seven
original compositions, four composed by Kisiel, two by Ciesielski and one by
Golicki.
The music is typical modern young
Polish Jazz, based on excellent melody based compositions and superbly performed
by these young musicians, who never cease to amaze how well musically advanced
they are despite their young age. It is worth to mention that the material
present on this album is completely different from the material included on the
quartet's debut solo album recently released on Alpaka Records, which proves
the prolific compositional capacity of the quartet members.
The individual performances are
all excellent and the concert setting allows the musicians to stretch out and
play long solos without being concerned by time limitation often present in the
recording studio. As a result three of the tunes performed here last for over
ten minutes in duration. Kisiel skillfully builds up his
solos gradually, with excellent usage of dynamics and harmonics, adorned with
his technical skill, which is spotless. Ciesielski also stretches out wonderfully,
playing with confidence and beautiful sense of lyricism, at all times supported
amicably by Kisiel.
The rhythm section does an
excellent job as well, with Golicki showing his maturity and experience gained
over the last few years. Szajrych keeps mostly to the basics, as he seems to be
the most inexperienced player in the quartet, but his performance is stable and
accurate, exactly what one would expected from a solid bassist in a quartet. Overall this is an excellent
effort by the young generation of Polish Jazz players, full of great tunes and
superb performances, which is a true fun to listen to and admire their talents
and abilities. Definitely well done!
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