The trio of Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz is… Read Full Bio ↴The trio of Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz is one of the most outstanding contemporary jazz groups. Their friend and mentor trumpeter Tomasz Stańko has said, “In the entire history of Polish jazz we've never had a band like this one. They just keep getting better and better.” It was through Stańko's ECM recording Soul of Things, recorded 2001, that the wider world first had a hint of the capacity of Wasilewski/Kurkiewicz/Miskiewicz. Since then, they've toured widely with Stanko and contributed mightily to his quartet recordings Suspended Night and Lontano, recorded in 2003 and 2005.

As an autonomous force, the trio's biography begins in 1990, when Wasilewski and Kurkiewicz as 15-year old students at the Koszalin High School of Music began playing jazz together. Their first trio was formed the following year. In 1993 drummer Miskiewicz joined them, and the group's line-up has been stable ever since. As the Simple Acoustic Trio they won awards in their homeland and issued five albums on local labels. Their first international release, for ECM, entitled just Trio was recorded in 2004 and released the following year, immediately winning the Quarterly Prize of the German Record Critics. In the US, too, critics were taking notice. “Their years together have resulted in an ensemble with an utterly symbiotic creative flow,” wrote Don Heckman in the Los Angeles Times.

The release of January--recorded in New York with producer Manfred Eicher early in 2007--signalled a change of name, simply, the MarcinWasilewski Trio. The group continues to be run as a collective of equals, but its members have come to accept the convention that piano trios are traditionally identified by their pianists. Besides, Marcin is the band's principal songwriter: he contributes four pieces to the present disc, including the title track and the beautiful opener, “The First Touch”. Wasilewski also, at the urging of the producer, addresses pieces written by Gary Peacock and by Carla Bley--pieces identified with two major pianists, respectively Keith Jarrett and Paul Bley. Wasilewski does not flinch from the challenge but, with his trio partners, makes of this music something of his own. “Vignette” is a composition by Gary Peacock first heard on the album Tales of Another, the 1978 ECM recording which marked the coming together of the band later known as Jarrett's “Standards” Trio.

The Wasilewski Trio takes it at a statelier pace, and mines it for deeper emotions. A powerful performance, especially in the light of Marcin's indebtedness to Jarrett as a player. Acknowledging the influence, he moves beyond it. Carla Bley's composition “King Korn” meanwhile is a piece of early 60s vintage that surfaced on Paul Bley's 1963 classic “Footloose” recording with the great trio line-up including Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca. The Polish trio fly at it with invigorating energy and wonderful group interaction (the recording quality illuminating detail with a clarity impossible back in the days when Paul Bley was recording for Savoy), with especially exciting dialogues between Michal Miskiewicz and Wasilewski. “Balladyna,” a Tomasz Stanko tune, was title track of the Polish trumpeter's ECM debut disc (with a rhythm section of Dave Holland and Edward Vesala), back in 1975, the year Wasilewski was born.

The trio's dark, swirling rubato performance has the stark drama and predatory lyricism associated Stanko; they've played the piece often in concert with the composer. On their 2004 ECM disc, the trio offered a luminous version of Björk's “Hyperballad”. This season's pop cover is Prince's “Diamonds and Pearls,” the ballad from 1991 which gains a deal of mystery in this stripped-down interpretation in which bassist Kurkiewicz shares the melody with Wasilewski. The cinematic arts are never far away in Polish jazz; ever since 1958, when Komeda first collaborated with Polanski, the genres have influenced each other. Wasilewski's “The Young and Cinema” references an identically-titled festival of new Polish films held in Koszalin. The trio also covers Ennio Morricone's title theme for Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 film “Cinema Paradiso,” itself a celebration of film. The album closes with a trio improvisation, a free ballad made in the moment and specific to its time and place, “New York 2007.” As already demonstrated on Stańko's Lontano, these are players extremely adept at creating songs in real time.

January
Marcin Wasilewski Trio Lyrics

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28 Days January January to the one January to the nine I swear I've…
Aethyria Through you, I slide the sounds of my creation. What…
Alexander Oscar I took a test on the internet It said I might…
ALEXIS TAYEH سهران اعد نجوم من عتم الليل اقوم احفر صوب الكنز فوقي غيوم من…
Alien Clouds Fireworks rend a cloudless sky And I realise I don't want…
Amoeba Teen Every morning I awake alone It got me thinking Maybe I've be…
Ana Brown January (Ana Luiza Brown Rodrigues) See the way in the dark…
Anja Kotar Clocks strikes midnight Fireworks light For a moment it fe…
Autoheart Don't fret, it's not worth it I'll fight it, I'll fight…

Autophobia I opened my eyes to the snow on the pane And…
B. Bumble & The Stingers January fifth I lost one of my fallen soldiers I miss you…
Beenzino Alexander wang 매장 앞 Valet를 맡겼지 two thousand에 자동차 킬 돌려받고 걸어간 …
Bernie Taupin/Elton John Must have been the right month Must have been a good…
Black Label Society The cold that burns The tide that drift away No more talks…
Bonnie McKee Yeah, I'm really excited about seeing you again The other ni…
Brandtson I can't feel my fingers as I hold on for…
Bridget Davis and the Viking Kings January is a letter Tied with ribbon and a name Bible verse,…
C O L T S Arrested in the kitchen Handcuffed inn the bedroom Girl you …
C.H. Spurgeon It's too easy Look Twenty-nine but I'm still steppin I ain't…
Captain Of The Lost Waves May I introduce myself I'm the month that they say they…
Chandler Travis Three-O Arrested in the kitchen Handcuffed inn the bedroom Girl you …
Childish Major Sylvan LaCue Chris Scholar Lemonade on a Sunday Palm Trees on my runway Hunnid fifty on…
Clan of Xymox Can we all get along? Can we all get along? Can we…
Crimes Of The Conspiracy I can't believe it's all my fault. cause now i'm…
D'chrome Foster Bounce that ass for daddy B-B-Bounce that ass for bounce tha…
D.O.A Guitar Project Band I hope that I do something wrong to piss you…
Dan Croll Never really felt a way like this before Must be the…
David Cassidy January Sick and tired, you been hangin' on me You make me…
Days and Ways January January to the one January to the nine I swear I…
Deacon Brody I'm exhausted I haven't slept for two days straight I lift m…
Derik Nelson Here from the window I watched as the leaves all…
Different Boats I'm always stuck in the friendzone She breakin' hearts, alwa…
Disclosure Tell me just what I should be expecting 'Cause here I…
Dj On Tryna save Ashley These illuminados can't see That the winn…
drown in tears When i look in your eyes I see the sky…
Dylan Espeseth I could write a thousand songs about January I don't wanna…
Electric Litany All, the birds, Know, but don’t say When, the song Fails, t…
Elton John Must have been the right month Must have been a good…
En-Viro Let's not bring in the new year With some platitudes about…
Finn Goodwin-Bain A promise isn't certain And they fall apart with time So I'm…
Gabby Michelle Walk with me to the door I've emptied the dresser drawers A…
Glenn Fredly feat. Kenny G Berat bebanku Meninggalkanmu Separuh nafas jiwaku.... sirna …
Goldfinger I know you told me this before I know you told…
Hank Snow January January that's when I am blue January January when t…
Haze Of Summer В ночь когда на небе пламя Нарисует взрывом гнёзда…
Headlights January started slow. The coldest winds, and the deepest s…
Honey T I'm not as honest as you'd like me to be…
Hope of the States I want to be a kid again I want to wash…
Humbird Another year For the hopeless dreamer Skipping across the mi…
I.ALFA jnr Sunflower seed I just love to see her grow Got my…
Impure Wilhelmina I cannot be all day long So clever, so clear-headed so…
iSaur I′m not so keen About the idea of Something Happening so qui…
James Michael Well, the next phase... You check to see if I am…
Jamie Woon Disclosure Tell me just what I should be expecting 'Cause here I…
Jason Myles Goss January hits you like a ball and chain Like cigarettes in…
Jennifer Paige SNOW'S FcLLIN' cLL cROUND IT'S LIKE c WINTER WONDERLcND I W…
Juniper Was Good I waited till January I wanted the leaves to fall On your…
Khimaira Moonlight field Encased in steel Winters crust now peels De…
KOTA The Friend Lemonade on a Sunday Palm Trees on my runway Hunnid fifty on…
Kristina Train after all the streets go quiet walk along the bridge in…
L.A. Familia 12am took a shot then a shower Was contemplating I was…
La Cafetera Roja 8x: will I be born in this world full of…
Lay Down And Die A note from the author February 1st to author January…
Lenina Crowne How lucky are those who are witness to our love? Yeah,…
Loviet I could take a take away from everything But sometimes I’m…
Mason Jennings I woke in the evening, I was thinking 'bout you God…
Max Bartos Isn't it fun Feeling like your life is over Searching for a…
Mega City Four Christmas is years away And I can hardly wait How on earth…
Millie Turner Another year of insanity and spilled motives Oh, don′t you n…
Morgan Weidinger If I had it ever so slightly my way I might…
Myrrh Larsen January's all I can see, in my fear there's nothing…
Nominee It's only January And I've learned too much this year Trust…
Paolo Nutini Oh, oh oh oh La da da da, da La da da…
Pilot January Sick and tired you've been hanging on me You make m…
Postcards Boats at our window parked on our street We live in water ca…
Project 1.9 So don't apologize at all Here's a simple song To make you…
Ravens & Chimes And "Snow," she said. "Outside, it's starting to snow. It'…
Salem Hill looking out looking both ways I gotta go I can not…
Sarah Slaton It seems you've made a home In this chamber, in my…
Sarah Summers When January looks like snow Winter comes and winter goes Wi…
Scott D. Davis January 6 1999 a king was born So glad my…
Solar Death I wish it was over I can′t get it over I…
Somasis As I begun my route home My mind took the back…
Sophie Galet A thin breeze of snow, and the year begins on…
TER.N Ah ya yeah yeah ya ya yeah I.n.I on the sing…
the A.R.C. It's too easy Look Twenty-nine but I'm still steppin I ain't…
The Disclosure Tell me just what I should be expecting 'Cause here I…
The Paper Raincoat Everyone's counting, only a minute to go, now Wide eyes are…
The Red Headed Indian January is lovely dame she sparkles the future of heartbreak…
The Starlings Music is a form of expressionIt's how I express myselfIf…
The Swear You stand there calm and beautiful You never understood Y…
This and That Yeah Oh, yeah, come on Dry dry dry dry dry January I don't…
Thurston Moore He sees her sleeping on the grass I think I heard…
Trip Kissing I don′t really know how to take it from here Cause…
Trophy How could you leave How could you leave before you heard…
Tyler Read In passing glances Take that look up off your pretty face …
U.N.P.O.C. Although you're not here physically, its your spirit that I…
VA Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge Disclosure feat. Edward Macfarlane Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle Tell me just what I should be expecting 'Cause here I…
Vardaan Arora I won′t ever forget, the day we met The nineteenth I will…
Venetian Snares It is January. I realised that if my body broke I…
Verzache Wasting time's what I like to do But I don't waste…
We Are Lions This year, April fell in the fall And staying warm…
Xymox Can we all get along? Can we all get along? Can we…
Youryoungbody Just a dove In my hands Close your eyes For a minute Think o…
빈지노 (Beenzino) Alexander wang 매장 앞 Valet를 맡겼지 two thousand에 자동차 킬 돌려받고 걸어간 …