Jerzy Mazzoll - bass clarinet, a, b, c clarinets
Sławek Janicki - double bass
Qba Janicki - drums, electronics
Minimalover (2012)
There are things in life that taste best when
done in a free way: love, faith and… jazz. Surely music is an art where restraint and control
are indispensable to success. But in jazz more is needed since at its heart
lies trance, rhythm and abandonment of what is routine and predictable. Few
musicians in Poland understood this truth as deep as Jerzy Mazzoll. And from
the beginning of his career because he was
a protagonist of ‘yass’ movement and laid foundations for development of avant-garde
jazz in Poland. In those times he created a band Arhythmic Perfection with
which he explored the boundaries of improvisation not only in music but also in
other arts.
Since then he consistently moved
along ‘road less traveled’ in 90ties meeting with Derek Bailey and
participating in his famous Company Week Festival. Tony Oxley became producer
of his then released ‘Perplex’ album. After that he collaborated with Django
Bates Orchestra and Peter Brotzmann. He also started a project called Diffusion
Ensemble which eventually led to recording of series of albums. Well-remembered
are also workshops he did together with Peter Kowald and Olga Szwajgier which
influenced whole generation of young musicians. He was as well the moving force in creating Art
Depot festival which gave Polish and international audience unique opportunity
to explore nature of improvisation in cultures different than European or
American. He released altogether 12 albums which arguably changed the face of Polish
free music and is now working on film and theatre projects made under auspices
of Bogusław Schaeffer. Jerzy Mazzoll proved to be one the most unconventional
individualities in Polish music and with this new project, recorded with young
generation Janicki brothers, he shows consistency in ‘searching for a new land”
in jazz.
By Maciej Nowotny
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