Leosia
£10.79
- Morning Heavy Song
- Die Weisheit Von Le Comte Lautreamont
- Farewell To Maria
- Brace
- Trinity
- Forlorn Walk
- Hungry Howl
- No Bass Trio
- Euforila
- Leosia
Wonderful - This is a wonderful album. Stanko s 90 s trumpet sound is a little brassier than the current sound with his young Polish Quartet ( Lontano is the best offering from this group). His long floating lines, punctuated by short stabs of sound is matched brilliantly by the other musicians here - Stenson s lines are elegant but with a harmonic complexity that weaves around the trumpet lines. Jormin s bass lines are taut and similarly elegant, often leading the music in unexpected directions. Oxley s drumming is abstract and creates a metallic soundworld which fits the whole perfectly. This is a real grower of a record - challenging but it reveals new pleasures with each listen.If you like this, try and find Bluish - a great early 90 s trio with Arild Andersen and Jon Christiensen on the Polish label Power Bros records.
Perfect elegy for Stanko s late mother - The previous reviewer misses the point I think. This album is an elegy to Stanko s late mother & so the sombre mood is entirely appropriate. The openning funeral dirge is heart-rendingly beautiful, & the following tracks investigate different aspects of the composers loss. The group plays with a restrained intensity which at times is almost unbearable. Despite this there is plenty of variety (brought about by Oxley s virtuoso performance mainly) - the quartet has Stanko s grief-stricken trumpet & Oxley s abstract doodlings as two polar extreme with piano & bass drifting between - the effect is mesmerising & very successful. This album is generally considered to be Stanko s best as leader & certainly one of the best jazz albums of the 90 s - as close to perfection as you ll get. (And Stanko sounds nothing like Miles - in fact I can t think of a modern trumpeter who sounds less like Miles).