Marcin Kaletka

Przemyslaw Straczek: Fig Tree

by Friedrich Kunzmann
April 7, 2020

Some jazz guitarists try to bring a fresh perspective to their craft via a crowd of effects pedals. Others incorporate influences of modern popular music in order to create something new. In some cases they'll do both. On his sixth album as a leader, the Polish guitarist Przemyslaw Straczek more or less chooses to stay within the conventions of sound and composition but puts a unique spin on things through his own melancholic tone. Prudence and patience characterize ...