Marcin

"Coloriage" means "to colour, to paint" in French. This term reflects the band's music which is daring, full of emotions, multicoloured. The musicians present their own arrangements of classical compositions and jazz standards. They also draw their inspiration from folk music. The record takes the listeners on musical voyage to regions that are home to Balkan, Hungarian, Gypsy, Jewish and Latin American music. Apart from well-known pieces like "Libertango" or "Besame mucho", the record also features Coloriage's own compositions.

Featuring Herb Robertson on trumpets, mutes & compositions, Frank Gratkowski on alto sax & clarinets, Julien Petit on tenor & bari saxes, Marcin Oles on double bass and Bartlomiej Brat Oles on drums. It is always great to hear the ever-inspired Oles brothers playing with the cream of improvisers like David Murray, Ken Vandermark, Chris Speed and Erik Friedlander…

The first-time teaming of Poland’s dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and big-toned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays four new tunes by Marcin and one by Joe, as well as Carla Bley’s classic “Vashkar” (in two variations), plus collective improvisations with strong input from all four players; Slawomir Kurkiewicz’s bass skills are particularly well-deployed in the spontaneous piece “Arco”. Joe will be joining the Polish trio for a number of selected concerts in the autumn. Arctic Riff was recorded at France’s Studio La Buissonne in August 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.