Miskiewicz

“January” is a strong musical statement from a still-young band with a long history already behind it, and an album with an exceptionally wide-ranging programme - all of it played with assurance, purpose and focus. The disc reconfirms that the trio of Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz is one of the most outstanding contemporary jazz groups.

What's here in summary is the first symphonic album by Mateusz Smoczyński. A violinist, soloist and composer, co-founder of the incredible Atom String Quartet. The album includes two violin concertos: firstly a "Jazz concerto" by Zbigniew Seifert, released for the first time in something like half a century; and secondly a concerto for improvising violin entitled Adam's Apple composed by Smoczyński. For all practical purposes a ''classical'' release but one that exerts a good deal of crossover appeal given its jazz empathy and strong background, we'd suggest the 'Rubato' 4th part of the Smoczyński Jazz Concerto as most relevant to readers of marlbank plus the 'Solos Ad Libitum' of the Seifert.

Henryk Miśkiewicz (ur. 2 czerwca 1951 w Żaganiu) – polski saksofonista i klarnecista. Muzyk wszechstronny związany z polskim jazzem. Ojciec perkusisty jazzowego, Michała Miśkiewicza i piosenkarki, Doroty Miśkiewicz. Trzykrotny laureat nagrody polskiego przemysłu fonograficznego Fryderyka. Członek Akademii Fonograficznej ZPAV.

What's here in summary is the first symphonic album by Mateusz Smoczyński. A violinist, soloist and composer, co-founder of the incredible Atom String Quartet. The album includes two violin concertos: firstly a "Jazz concerto" by Zbigniew Seifert, released for the first time in something like half a century; and secondly a concerto for improvising violin entitled Adam's Apple composed by Smoczyński. For all practical purposes a ''classical'' release but one that exerts a good deal of crossover appeal given its jazz empathy and strong background, we'd suggest the 'Rubato' 4th part of the Smoczyński Jazz Concerto as most relevant to readers of marlbank plus the 'Solos Ad Libitum' of the Seifert.

What's here in summary is the first symphonic album by Mateusz Smoczyński. A violinist, soloist and composer, co-founder of the incredible Atom String Quartet. The album includes two violin concertos: firstly a "Jazz concerto" by Zbigniew Seifert, released for the first time in something like half a century; and secondly a concerto for improvising violin entitled Adam's Apple composed by Smoczyński. For all practical purposes a ''classical'' release but one that exerts a good deal of crossover appeal given its jazz empathy and strong background, we'd suggest the 'Rubato' 4th part of the Smoczyński Jazz Concerto as most relevant to readers of marlbank plus the 'Solos Ad Libitum' of the Seifert.