Piotr Schmidt Quartet: Saxesful

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2018-09-01
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Polska
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
Opis wydawcy:
1 września odbędzie się premiera płyty Piotr Schmidt Quartet – Saxesful, z plejadą najwspanialszych saksofonistów polskiego jazzu, której towarzyszyć będzie seria koncertów w największych salach koncertowych w całej Polsce. Będzie to 10-ta autorska płyta lidera przypadająca w 10-tą rocznicę jego działalności artystycznej.

Niesamowity jazzowy trębacz Piotr Schmidt z najwybitniejszymi polskimi saksofonistami, a wśród nich: Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Grzech Piotrowski, Maciej Sikała, Piotr Baron oraz Adam Wendt. Mistrzowie towarzyszyć będą zespołowi Piotr Schmidt Quartet zarówno na krążku, jak i w trasie koncertowej, która zagości w najwspanialszych filharmoniach w Polsce!

Repertuar zespołu to hity muzyki jazzowej: znane standardy zaaranżowane i zagrane tak, by pozostać w sercu słuchaczy na bardzo długo. Jest to 32 płyta wydawnictwa SJRecords.

Liner Notes:
Piotr Schmidt (born 1985) is certainly one of those Polish jazz mavericks. Not only is he well educated, talented and ambitious, but he is also a restless entrepreneur, record label owner, bandleader and educator who keeps constantly coming up with new ideas, maintaining his jazz alive and kicking. This album is only one of such ideas, but the scale and audacity required to put such a project into life can be understood only by the cognoscenti of the jazz scene.

This album is a multilayered tribute to the jazz tradition. It presents seven classic Jazz standards, each performed by the core quartet and featuring a different saxophonist. The list of the saxophonists reads like the who's who of Polish Jazz and is also an obvious tribute to Polish jazz itself. With their ages ranging from Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (born 1936), Zbigniew Namysłowski (born 1939), Henryk Miśkiewicz (born 1951), Maciej Sikała (born 1961), Piotr Baron (born 1961), Adam Wendt (born 1962) and finally Grzegorz "Grzech" Piotrowski (born 1974), i.e. four generations of Polish jazz players, they represent the incredible power and stylistic versatility of the scene. The core quartet is by no means less impressive, featuring Schmidt on trumpet, pianist Wojciech Niedziela and Poland's top rhythm section comprised of bassist Maciej Garbowski and drummer Krzysztof Gradziuk, all of whom have a most impressive list of achievements under their arms.

But tributes and history aside, this album is also a wonderful collection of great tunes, beautifully performed and entertaining, in the most positive meaning of the word. Jazz is, after all, also a source of unadulterated pleasure to those, who lave it, and this album is certainly a concentrated dose of such pleasure. Enjoy!
by Adam Baruch, August 2018

muzycy:
Piotr Schmidt: trumpet
Wojciech Niedziela: piano
Maciej Garbowskibass
Krzysztof Gradziuk: drums

guests:
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski: saxes
Zbigniew Namysłowski: alto sax
Henryk Miśkiewicz: alto sax
Grzech Piotrowski: soprano sax
Piotr Baron: tenor sax
Maciej Sikała: tenor sax
Adam Wendt: tenor sax

utwory:
1. Stella by starlight
2. Interlude
3. You don't know what love is
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Central Park West
6. Summertime
7. Song for Tomasz
8. What a wonderful world
9. Blue monk

total time - 76:06
wydano: 2018-09-01