Dominik Gawroński - trumpet
Wojciech Lichtański - alto saxophone
Marek Konarski - tenor saxophone
Grzegorz Pałka - drums
Into The Wild
BCD 47
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album as a leader (as far as I know) by Polish Jazz trombonist/composer Bartosz Pernal recorded in a pianoless sextet setting with trumpeter Dominik Gawroński, saxophonists Wojciech Lichtański and Marek Konarski, bassist Jakub Olejnik and drummer Grzegorz Pałka. The album presents six original compositions, including the title track three part suite, all by Pernal. The album was recorded at the excellent Monochrom Studio and was engineered by Ignacy Gruszecki, offering a wonderful sound quality, as expected.
The music is typical modern Jazz, based on melodic compositions and skillfully arranged for the Brass dominated sextet, which has a very unique sound due to lack of harmonic support. The extended pieces offer plenty of opportunity for all the participants to solo at length and the first-rate rhythm section keeps the music moving forward on secure ground. Despite their relative young age all the members of the band are seasoned and experienced instrumentalists, as evident by their performances herein. The outstanding drumming by Palka is an absolute highlight and definitely worthy of special attention.
The album is not trying to be flashy or dazzling, but it offers solid, well developed musical ideas, superbly performed and coherently put together, which turns it into a most enjoyable and rewarding listening experience, worth returning to, especially for enthusiasts of Brass sections and multi-part expanded Jazz compositions.
Overall this is a great piece of music, perhaps more in the "musician's musician" mold, as it offers many tricks of the Jazz trade on different levels, starting with the compositions and then almost orchestral arrangements, the delicate balance between the instruments and crowned by the wonderful execution. Definitely well done!
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