Results for "Maciej Obara"

Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family

by Mark Corroto
September 30, 2023

Why can't all music be supersonic? That does not mean supersonic as in a speed exceeding that of sound, but sound that is sonically superlative. Drummer, composer, and bandleader Gard Nilssen's music is seemingly always sonically superb. His 17-piece Supersonic Orchestra was captured in 2022 at the Mondriaan Jazz Festival in Den Haag, Netherlands, for Family, ...

Frozen Silence

August 21, 2023

Album: Frozen Silence
By Maciej Obara
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 07:15

Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Spirit To All

by Angelo Leonardi
October 17, 2022

Il bassista e compositore Wojtek Mazolewski è tra i protagonisti della nuova generazione del jazz polacco di cui ricordiamo musicisti notevoli come il sassofonista Maciej Obara, il pianista Marek Pedziwiatr, il trombettista Tomasz Dabrowski oltre il ben noto Marcin Wasilewski, già pianista di Tomasz Stanko. Mazolewski guida da oltre un decennio questo splendido ...

Maciej Obara Quartet al 12° Festival Musicale Krzysztof Komeda

by Angelo Leonardi
October 8, 2021

Maciej Obara International Quartet 12° Festival Muzyki Filmowej Krzysztofa Komedy Varsavia 27.9.2021 Per il ruolo fortemente innovativo avuto sul jazz in Polonia, il romantico lirismo espresso in brani memorabili e la morte in giovane età, Krzysztof Komeda ha incarnato l'archetipo dell'eroe tragico e resta l'emblema del jazz polacco. Non c'è ...

Dominik Wania: Lonely Shadows

by Friedrich Kunzmann
April 26, 2021

Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert (1975) may still be regarded as the undisputed milestone in ECM's rich history of solo piano recordings. But that doesn't mean that other landmark albums such as Paul Bley's Open, To Love (1973), Richie Beirach's Hubris (1973) or later releases like Stefano Bollani's Piano Solo (2005) and Marilyn Crispell's Vignettes (2007)—among ...

Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Dag Magnus Narvesen and More

by Maurice Hogue
April 15, 2020

There are several new albums sampled in this episode, beginning with a pair of bands from Toronto--bassist Pete Johnston's See Through 4 which features pianist Marilyn Lerner, and drummer Ernesto Cervini's quartet. Avant-garde collaborators Alexander Von Schlippenbach and Dag Magnus Narvesen reunited for another duo session of very out-there explorations on Liminal Field. Revisiting his past ...

Maciej Obara

Born: December 18, 1981

Maciej Obara is a renowned Polish alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely recognized on the international jazz scene. He established his Polish-Norwegian quartet, releasing three albums on For Tune Records: Komeda, Live at Manggha, and Live in Mińsk Mazowiecki.

Since 2017, Obara has been associated with the prestigious ECM Records label, debuting with the album Unloved. His subsequent ECM releases – Three Crowns (2019) and Frozen Silence (2022) – have firmly established him as one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in contemporary European jazz.

Three Crowns

By Maciej Obara

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Three Pieces in Old Style (Piece 1); Blue Skies For Andy; Smoggy People; Little Requiem for A Polish Girl (Tranquillo); Vang Church; Three Crowns; Glow; Mr. S.

Enjoy Jazz 2019

by Henning Bolte
December 2, 2019

Alte Feuerwache and other venues Enjoy Jazz And More Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 27--November 1, 15-16, 2019 Enjoy Jazz And More this year lead me through two sections of its seven-week concert-series in October/November, with a great diversity of concerts ranging from seasoned German clarinet master Rolf Kühn to advanced ...

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2019

by Martin Longley
November 15, 2019

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine / Kombank Dvorana Belgrade Serbia October 22-28, 2019 Reaching its 35th edition, the Belgrade Jazz Festival added extra shows at the beginning and end of its run, making up a full week, or eight days, if the opening dj night is ...