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.
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.
Mosaic
Marcin Wasilewski Trio Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Mosaic' by these artists:
AAA 翼忘れた鳥の憂鬱 空の広さを嘆いて surrender やがて腐ってゆく感受性 それは誰かのせいではない 迷宮 puzz…
Fear of Men It is been good for me that I've been reflexing I…
Harukatomiyuki 正義は勝つとか言っちゃってる 自分の声でイっちゃってる 中が見えない入り口へ誘う。 愛が救うとか言っちゃってる 恥ずか…
InMe Creeping, Stabbing, Heart so hollow, Too much reality for yo…
Isolation The coldness is creeping, I am haunted by your voice Words…
Jinju Uncia Hooo no We don't break up We don't break up We are Mosaic Th…
Lo Lind Feels like My heart fell right out the sky Each…
Luca S When he took his last breath his lungs were full of…
Maraton Scry and tell me what you see It's still a secret…
Mosaics Now is the reason Now is the reason Welfare warfare Scaring…
Of Mice & Men There is gold in the temple There's a fire that burns…
off the menu Candle lit Fading out Views are crossing over you A city fil…
Patti Smith Last night in Konya a voice carried me To the pulpit…
Post Break Tragedy Scatter me across the road like pieces of broke turn signal…
Quincy [feat. The Code] Baby This feel like I'm living in the eighties Wave is got…
Ricky Skaggs Carve my name upon a tree A knife into the bark Trying…
Saveria Running Looking at the lines and cracks on my ceiling And th…
Siinamota 8bit 消えそうだ 爆弾抱えたんだ 10リッター 溶けそうだ いつまでそこにいるんだ 指切った約束は 宙に浮いたんだ…
The Wolf & I When I look around, I always learn something, and that…
they don't deserve to know What is missing in your life and what are you…
Tiflis Transit Next to me So unfound There are people around Shaking shades…
Tim Gent Vete ya Si no encuentras motivos Para seguir conmigo Para qu…
Tomiko Van ぐるぐる渦巻く誘惑に まどわされてる ヒマはない ほどほどのプライドを持って ホンモノだけを見極めよ! 胸に…
Will Robert I need to find my place Somewhere on this pathway…
Windmills In my heart there lives a spark Of everyone I've loved…
蔡依林 白的是直线的快乐 黑的是想念的泪痕 他心疼 黄的是最初的青涩 红的是心头的深刻 舍不得 一种人一种独特 他都不舍 形形色…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Marcin Wasilewski Trio:
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found