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Vitold Rek

Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

by Kevin Poindexter
February 24, 2026

In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society ...

Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

By Tomasz Stańko

Label: POLSKIE RADIO
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cats; Wilderness; Stress; Ballad; Lullaby from "Rosemary's Baby"; Wooden Music, pt. 2; Wooden Music, pt. 1; Piece for Diana; Placebo; Poacher; Stella by Starlight; Countdown; Giant Steps; Castle of Mist; Bluish; Few Shades of Blue, parts 1-4; First Free Etude; Second Free Etude; Third Free Etude; Almost Gama I; Now A; We; Airfield; Magic Time; Euforila II; Asmodeus; Eagle-Owls; Almost Gama II; Rue de la Tour; The Two First, the Third and a Few Others; Almost Black; My W.S.B. Friend; Trumpet One; Bass One; Mr DD; Babylon Samba; Purple Liquor; Hey!; End Jam

The Lake and the Music

By Lajos Dudas

Label: JazzSick Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Lady Is a Tramp; Sweet Georgia Brown; A Thousand Dreams; Gloomy Sunday; Out of Nowhere; All of Me; A Foggy Day; Filthy McNasty; St. Thomas; But I..?.

Lajos Dudas: The Lake and the Music

by C. Michael Bailey
May 25, 2020

At 80-years old, clarinetist Lajos Dudas is dropping off the keys to the recording studio while making his way out—Dudas claims this is his last recording and, if true, he ends things on a high note at the intersection of The Great American Songbook and free jazz. Dudas' previous recording, Return to the Future (Jazzsick Records, ...

Mark Alban Lotz: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th

by Jerry D'Souza
May 18, 2011

German-born flautist Mark Alban Lotz grew up in Thailand and Uganda, and has had an interesting career path. He began playing the flute when he was 17, and went on to study jazz and classical music as well as contemporary musical idioms. His music is nourished by all three forms, but he also has a healthy ...

Home

By Vitold Rek

Label: Taso Music Productions
Released: 2007
Track listing: Di Saposhkelekh; On the Ahavah Rabah; Cosmo; emotions; Zbigi; Scottish Scott; Polish Fantasy I; Fellow; Shepherd

Vitold Rek & EastWestWind: Home

by Jerry D'Souza
October 1, 2007

Vitold Rek first studied the double bass in Cracow playing classical music. A change came when he heard Ray Brown play and from there on jazz manifested itself in his compositions and he became part of trumpet player Tomasz Stanko's band. Rek made a significant contribution and was soon in the company of outstanding improvisers like ...

Condemned To Life

By Vitold Rek

Label: L+R Records
Released: 1989