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Live Review

April Jazz 2015 National Concert Hall Dublin April 10-12, 2015 April Jazz is the latest addition to Dublin's thriving jazz/improvised music scene. The weekend festival is part of the National Concert Hall's Perspectives program, a series of monthly concerts that spans modern bluegrass and fiddle soundscapes, alt country and contemporary piano recitals. Even within the three-day April Jazz festival there was a little of something for everyone, reflecting the eclectic nature of music ...

Album Review

Tomasz Stanko: Leosia

by Budd Kopman
January 30, 2015

Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, Leosia is not only one of the high points of trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's forty-year career, but one of the absolute gems in the ECM catalogue, twenty years removed from his first ECM recording, Balladyna. The album itself is one of those things that just seems perfect from start to finish. “Morning Heavy Song," which first appeared on Bosonossa and Other Ballads, opens the set and sets the tone. From pianist Bobo ...

Live Review

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6, 2013

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 11, 2013

Tomasz Stańko New York QuartetCopenhagen JazzhouseCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 6, 2013 In the 1960s, Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko emerged as a major talent on the European jazz scene. His unique musical voice was recognized by his legendary countryman, pianist Krzysztof Komeda, who enlisted him to be part of his groundbreaking masterpiece Astigmatic (Muza, 1966). Later, Stańko paid homage to his mentor on Litania: The Music of Krzysztof Komeda (ECM, 1997), and even today Komeda's spirit looms ...

Live Review

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
April 12, 2013

Tomasz Stańko New York QuartetWisława Release PartyBirdlandNew York, NYMarch 29, 2013 “Assassins" might not have been the first description that came to mind when Tomasz Stańko and his young new allies took to the stage, but they proved no less calculating when they deployed the selfsame tune off Wisława (ECM, 2013) to close a balmy Friday night set at Birdland. His double album takes its inspiration from poet Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012), whose words and ...

Extended Analysis

Wislawa

by John Kelman
March 18, 2013

Since returning to the ECM fold in 1994 to record Matka Joanna (1995), Tomasz Stańko has virtually rebooted a career that demonstrated significant promise back in the 1970s, when he released Balladyna (1976) for the label, and worked with others including Finnish drummer Edward Vesala and American bassist Gary Peacock. The Polish trumpeter was far from dormant in the period between 1981 and 1994, releasing a slew of recordings in Poland, but none--with the exception Bluish (Power Bros, 1992) and ...

Album Review

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet: Wislawa

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by AAJ Italy Staff
March 18, 2013

Inciso a New York nel giugno scorso, questo nuovo lavoro del settantenne trombettista polacco è stato concepito in memoria della poetessa, sua connazionale, Wislawa Symborska, scomparsa il 1° febbraio 2012 e, fra le tante cose, Pemio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1996. Il quartetto che lo firma è quello classico, con piano, basso e batteria, però con nomi nuovi rispetto a un più o meno recente passato. Ampiamente note sono anche le coordinate estetiche lungo le quali il doppio album ...

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Live Review

Tomasz Stanko Quintet: New York City, January 14, 2011

by Warren Allen
January 25, 2011

Tomasz Stanko Quintet with Chris PotterJazz StandardNew York, NYJanuary 14, 2011 Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stanko has long had a close relationship with New York City. One of the first great jazz musicians to come out of Eastern Europe in the late 1970s, Stanko today splits his time between Warsaw and New York. But even from his first free jazz efforts with the great Krzysztof Komeda through his sparse, melodic releases on the German ...