Paweł Tomaszewski - keyboards
Marta Król - vocals
Joachim Sevenitz - bass
Paweł Dobrowolski - drumsZ Tysiąca i Jednej Nocy Wigilijnych
PRIVATE EDITION 2019
By Adam Baruch
This is an album conceived of
produced by Polish (resident in Germany) bassist/arranger Joachim Sevenitz,
which presents ten well known Christmas Carols arranged in the spirit of the Jazz
idiom and involving some top Polish Jazz players like keyboardist Paweł Tomaszewski, vocalist Marta Król and drummer Paweł Dobrowolski. A string
quartet accompanies the quartet and seven guests play/sing on selected
tracks.
I usually avoid Christmas Jazz
albums like the plague (especially these days), as they usually are the epitome
of kitsch, but this album is an exception to the rule. It is both wonderfully arranged
and performed, with each of the songs being cleverly referenced to a different
musical setting.
The instrumental performances
are excellent, as expected. Tomaszewski's enchanting parts, both on the acoustic
piano and the keyboards, are simply perfect, and he remains by far one of my
favorite Polish keyboard wizards. Sevenitz and Dobrowolski take care of the rhythm
section duties with grace and the vocals express the moods nicely. The string
quartet parts fit well within the general musical messages and moods and the guests
add the proverbial cherries on top.
Overall this is a pleasant
listening experience, elegant and clever, which turns the somewhat worn-out concept
of Christmas albums into a worthy piece of music that can be enjoyed also in
the spring. Definitely worth investigating!
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