Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/ Joakim Milder – 'Spark Of Life'

Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/ Joakim Milder
"Spark Of Life"

Marcin Wasilewski: piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz: double bass
Michal Miskiewicz: drums
Joakim Milder: tenor saxophone


The fourth ECM album for the Wasilewski Trio adds a special guest, the lyrical Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder, whom the Poles came to know through performances with Tomasz Stanko’s Litania project. Amongst other affinities, the players share a love of Krzyzstof Komeda’s music, and Komeda’s “Sleep Safe and Warm” theme, written for Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby make a reappearance here. As ever, the Wasilewski group balances original material – intensely melodic new tunes by Marcin (including two variations of the beautiful title track) – with a daring range of covers, embracing Herbie Hancock, the Police’s “Message In A Bottle” and Slawomir Kurkiewicz’s arrangement of a composition by Grazyna Bacewicz, and reinforces its status as one of the most resourceful groups around. This is the trio’s second ECM appearance this year, following on from sterling work as Jacob Young’s rhythm section on Forever Young. Spark of Life was recorded in Lugano in March 2014, and produced by Manfred Eicher.


ECM 2400 - CD 379 2957

[agmcauley]

I can't think of a piano trio anywhere in the world today in which all three players are as tuned in to each other as these guys are. All their recordings are really superb.

[HawklordLI]

The jazz that's been coming out of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe the past several years is fabulous.

[finnknudsen]

Anthony McAuley is absolutely right. Not only the beauty, quality and sounds of the music but the way these 3 gifted musicians find each other in their playing. Therefore also a disgrace and shortcoming that Down Beat haven't acknowledged the trio, yet.

[Benfreidkin]

One of my favorite records by one of my favorite trios :)

[bogthing]

Beautiful video, and such sound! Thank you!