Marek Kazana - saxophone
DJ Twister - turntable
Jose Manuel Alban Juarez - drums
Mam Dwóch Wnuków W Birmingham
BIG FLOW 01
By Adam Baruch
This is an album, which documents a cross-genre project by Polish trio, which consists of avant-garde Jazz saxophonist Marek Kazana, Grzegorz Czerkasow (a.k.a. DJ Twister) who spins the turntable and adds additional sound effects and instrumental parts and drummer Jose Manuel Alban Juarez. The trio co-composed seven original tracks, two of which feature Rap vocals by Adam Bogumił Zieliński (a.k.a. Łona).
The music demonstrates the
multifaceted Polish music scene, which lacks any inhibitions as far as mixing
diverse genres into a new amalgam. This album is not the first album of this
sort and quite a few similar projects were released on the local scene in the
last three decades, since the Polish Yass revolution completely buried
conventions and "proper behavior" limitations.
Contrary to the expectation the
music on this album is mostly "well behaved" and easily accessible by
a wide variety of listeners. Kazana plays quite melodically and shows great
restrain in comparison to his avant-garde Jazz output, Czerkasow keeps his
effects well in check and Alban Juarez drives the music steadily forward with
his solid drumming, which is full of textures and polyrhythmic tension.
Overall this is an interesting
insight into the Polish scene, which might surprise listeners, who are not
familiar with its diversity. There is not much innovation here perhaps, but the
album reflects a successful cooperation of musicians coming from different
backgrounds, which works well.
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