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About Wojciech Lichtański
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
Jakub Paulski: Free' Odde
by Ian Patterson
After the genre-slippery trio album Preludium (Jazz Sound, 2020), which drew from Jimi Hendrix, Bill Frisell, Dmitri Shostakovich and Henrik Wieniawski--modernists all--for inspiration, Polish guitarist Jakub Paulski stretches his compositional palette in a more personal direction on Free' odde. In settings that switch between nimble trio intimacy and large (ish) ensemble ambition Paulski leans towards a modern-jazz aesthetic that lies somewhere on the flight path between Charles Mingus and Marius Neset. On these eight through-composed pieces Paulski orchestrates ...
Continue ReadingWojciech Lichtanski Questions: Iga
by Jerome Wilson
Wojciech Lichtanski is a young Polish saxophonist who works in several contexts as a leader and sideman. His music, on this CD with his band Questions, draws on the contemplative melodicism heard from many European musicians associated with the ECM label, as well as carrying its own frisky energy. Some of Lichtanski's compositions, like “Iga?" and “Mr. Muniak, What's Now?," have a stately classical vibe as the leader's alto quietly hovers over the slow, deliberate progressions of the ...
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