Jazz Articles about Slawomir Kurkiewicz

Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Joe Lovano: Arctic Riff

by Karl Ackermann
June 15, 2020

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio has been reliably consistent in their twenty-five years together. Still in their teens when they recorded their debut, Komeda (GOWI Records, 1995), the Polish trio—then known as The Simple Acoustic Trio—came to the attention of their country's iconic trumpeter Tomasz Stanko who signed them on to complete his quartet. They appeared together on three of Stanko's most successful ECM releases: Soul of Things (2001), Suspended Night (2003), and Lontano (2005). As a trio (under both names) ...

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

by Budd Kopman
May 18, 2008

From the first notes of the beautiful and seductive January, two things are immediately evident-- that the piano trio, now named after its pianist Marcin Wasilewski, is making a true statement of purpose, and that this recording is an arrival achieved through sound, primarily Wasilewski's rapturous sound. Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiwicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz have been together since 1993, and were noticed by trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. Over the course of time, they have released three highly ...

Marcin Wasilewsky Trio: January

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 15, 2008

Questo nuovo lavoro dell’affermato trio polacco, reso noto dalla collaborazione con il trombettista Tomasz Stanko (clicca qui per leggere le recensione del CD Lontano), suscita differenti reazioni. Perché se da un lato non si può negare la maestria dei tre musicisti, tangibile fin dalla prima breve traccia, dall’altro l’ascolto svela progressivamente una certa ridondanza delle pur preziose cesellature dei temi, che alla fine lascia l’impressione di una qualche carenza di idee personali. Quest’impressione è particolarmente marcata nella seconda traccia, la ...

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

by Chris May
May 9, 2008

With January, pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz step out of the benign shadow of their mentor, trumpeter Tomasz Stanko--on whose Soul Of Things (ECM, 2001), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano (ECM, 2005) they were featured accompanists--and confirm the mighty promise of their international solo debut, Trio (ECM, 2005).

Stanko's absence, felt from time to time on Trio, is noticed no more. On January--an album of warm and glowing lyric beauty which belies ...

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

by Dan McClenaghan
April 30, 2008

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 ...

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January

by John Kelman
April 29, 2008

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 ...