BLACK WINE 001
By Adam Baruch
This is a solo guitar album by veteran Polish Jazz guitarist / composer Maciej Grzywacz, and after many years of playing mostly electric guitar his comeback to the acoustic classical guitar, his first musical love. The album presents nine tracks, two of which are his compositions and the rest are standards.
Polish Jazz fans familiar with his
recordings with the group (0-58) or his earlier solo efforts will find this
album quite different in comparison. This is naked acoustic guitar playing completely
natural acoustic sounds, usually associated with Classical music. Although the
music comes from the Jazz world, the solo guitar arrangements change their
overall appearance drastically, especially as far as the rhythmic approach is
concerned, which turns the well known Jazz pieces into somewhat somber, melancholic
Classical pieces. The melodic themes are still there, but the swing is gone.
Therefore Jazz oriented listeners
might find this album a bit too much to swallow, especially in the long term. Although
the album is only slightly over thirty minutes in duration, this is way beyond the
scope of attention of people who need to tap their feet in order to enjoy
music. Although Grzywacz is an excellent player with splendid technical
proficiency, which is easily recognizable, I'm afraid the public will find this
way above their heads and move on to greener pastures.
I enjoy this music myself, but
I don't think that this album adds anything significant to the already superb recorded
legacy by Grzywacz. But an artist has a right to indulge himself from time to
time.
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