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Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

Read "January" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Listening to “The First Touch," the opening cut on the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's disc, January, is like slipping into a shimmering dream. The piano trio's sound is gentle, drifting and contemplative. Space is a factor, as is intricate three-way interplay. The music fits into the much written of “ECM Records aesthetic"--a sound not too far from that of the Tord Gustavsen Trio or Bobo Stenson-- ECM roster mates--but a long way down the line from the sonic aggression of Trio ...

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Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

Read "January" reviewed by John Kelman


They've gone under a number of names but, regardless of the moniker, this Polish piano trio—first gaining international exposure with trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, with whom they still work—has been working together for fifteen years. Stanko's Soul of Things (ECM, 2001) brought them the attention they deserved, but most remarkable has been their rapid growth, with Trio (ECM, 2005) making it abundantly clear that pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz are an uncannily simpatico trio, as they ...


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