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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - January
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List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $13.99
Your Save: $ 3.99 ( 22% )
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Manufacturer: ECM Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517373457
Label: ECM Records
Manufacturer: ECM Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: ECM Records
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Studio: ECM Records
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Editorial Reviews:
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A mature statement by a still-young Polish band that already has 15 years of playing experience behind it. All group members shine here, with
Marcin Wasilewski again impressive as one of the most outstanding jazz pianists of his generation. The group has already a strong and still-growing
following both in their own right and as members of the Tomasz Stanko Quartet. (Additionally, profiles of pianist Wasilewski and bassist Kurkiewicz have been raised by their membership of the Manu Katché Group). Remarkably broad program of material. Repertoire includes music by Prince, Carla Bley, Gary Peacock, Tomasz Stanko, Ennio Morricone as well as original tunes by Wasilewski. This impressive album, coupled with the tour dates, will catapult this group to the spotlight of
the jazz community.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Might be album of the year for me
Comment: Beauty beyond description. When the world and humanity gets me down I put this on and feel better.
For such a young group of musicians they have a great grasp on dynamics. Can't wait to hear what they come out with next.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Intensely Mellow
Comment: The first couple of times I listened to January was when I was on a road trip. I thought it was OK then, but it just didn't grab me the way Marcin Wasilewski's first trio album did. But when I listened at home while relaxing, my opinion of this CD was greatly enhanced.
Like another reviewer said, there are a lot of piano trios around and so its hard to pick one you like best. Once I find one I like, I tend to seek out more recordings from that trio. I greatly enjoyed the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's first outing simply called Trio and so bought this follow-up without listening to a single clip. January has proven to be a winner, intensely mellow and insanely relaxing.
While the CD is rather even in quality and seamlessly serene, I do favor some pieces over others. The best in my opinion are Vignette, which is reminiscent of some of the piano work on Al DiMeola's Soaring Through A Dream period; Tomasz Stanko's Balladyna, which these guys know forward and backward; Carla Bley's King Korn, and Wasilewski's own The Cat.
The insert that comes with the CD is minimalistic and tersely informative in keeping with the spirit of the music. If you are into piano trios, particularly of the type ECM seems to sign, then you will find Wasilewski's trio to be one of the best. January is recommended listening for anytime you need to kick back and let all your stress drain away.
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Summary: January-great listening any month of the year!
Comment: With so many great piano trios around it can be difficult to pick one as a stand out, but this trio is definitely something special. I agree with the other reveiwers too-this is superior to their first (and very good) CD. With so much great jazz out there, my criteria for a really great album is how often I keep returning to it and this one I have been listening to constantly without tiring of it. Definetly a contender for Best Jazz album of 2008. Tasteful, elegant, understated beauty with the ghost of Bill Evans hovering just out of sight.
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Summary: This kind of Jazz is "breathing"
Comment: Marcin Wasilewski belongs to the best of contemporary European Jazz. There exists a very lively and highly inspirated jazz-scene in Poland since a couple of years. The style of music Marcin Wasilewski performs with his trio, is a very special kind of impressionistic, esthetic Jazz, full of well-done harmonizations. The pieces of music "breath", as one could say. Virtuosity lets the music go, instead of opressing it. Espesially remarkable are, as so often, the compositions of Wasilewski himself like "The First Touch", "The Cat", the title piece of music "January" and "The Young and Cinema". Here Marcin Wasilewski is the most himself. Very good is also "Vignette" from Gary Peacock. The reason the CD ist rated with (only) four stars are the pieces "Diamond and Pearls" from Prince and "King Korn" from Carla Bley. There are compositions which are far more better. The result is: A good purchase for people who love audiophile, harmonic and intelligent kind of Jazz.
Customer Rating:
Summary: extremely listenable, flowing and rythmic
Comment: Heard a selection from January on NPR jazz one night...impressed enough to
buy the album on Amazon...and then i was much more impressed. I like
Mehldau, Jarret, and others, but this album is so sublime and beautiful
that i rate it above my other piano jazz favorites. Piano, bass and
drums are intertwined so skillfully. Watch for more of their albums, and
get this album.
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