Michał Jan Ciesielski - alto & tenor saxophones
Kamil Zawiślak - piano
Luis Mora Matus - drums
Red Fog
EMME 1909
By Adam Baruch
This is the third album by the
Quantum Trio, which consists of Polish saxophonist Michał Jan Ciesielski, pianist
Kamil Zawiślak and Chilean drummer Luis Mora Matus. The album presents seven
original compositions, two by Ciesielski, one by Zawiślak, three by Matus and
one credited to all trio members. The album offers a wonderful sound quality,
albeit quite unusual and demanding due to the unorthodox balance between the
instruments.
With an average once every two
years release schedule the trio managed to established a unique sound and
stylistic approach to their music, which stays faithful to melody based compositions,
but gradually opens up to distance itself from the Jazz mainstream. This album
offers a new, rather dark and somewhat industrial sound, which differs from the
two earlier albums but continues the trio's musical direction.
The trio offers a very unusual
approach to instrumentation, with a delicate balance between the saxophone,
piano and drums, not depending on the usual bass provided harmony and pulse,
which might sound pretty weird at the first hearing, but has a lot of charm and
intrinsic tension. The drums are given an absolute equal rank within the trio,
which is almost never present elsewhere.
As usual the personal
performances are all exquisite and offer grace, elegance and sophistication way
beyond what one might expect from young Jazz musicians. The complexity, mostly
rhythmical, of the music demands a telepathic communication between the trio
members, which is found here aplenty. Again, as usual, it is the level of the
compositions that makes this music stand out above the average and turns this
album into an exciting listening experience.
Overall this is a mature,
coherent piece of music by a trio that knows exactly where it is going, which
offers splendid ambitious music, which keeps the listener on his toes from
start to finish, being definitely one of the most exciting albums so far this
year. Well done, again!
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