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There's a galaxy of piano trios in today's jazz universe but few shine as bright as Marcin Wasilewski's. They've finally released a live recording, and it's been worth the wait. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Sep 2018
Catalogue No: 6738486
Label: ECM
Length: 64 minutes

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December 2018

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Marcin Wasilewski: Spark Of Life / Sudovian Dance

Work length12:29

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

Sting: Message in a bottle

Work length10:43

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

Marcin Wasilewski: Three Reflections

Work length9:13

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

Marcin Wasilewski: Night Train To You

Work length13:32

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

Marcin Wasilewski: Austin

Work length7:42

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

Hancock, H: Actual Proof

Work length10:36

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Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)
Recorded: 2016-08-12
Recording Venue: Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp

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For years, fans of Poland’s Marcin Wasilewski Trio have been asking for a live album. The group made this one “by accident”, unaware that their August 2016 performance at Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp had been recorded by the festival.

On listening, they felt that it captured the soul of things rather well, “maybe because there was no awareness of playing to the microphone”.

Unselfconsciously dynamic and outgoing, the trio draws an enthusiastic response from the audience. “Being out in front of an audience of 4,000 doesn’t change your playing or your skills,” Wasilewski reflects, “but with a crowd of this size you have to project more energy. You can hear that in this

recording.”

The trio is certainly in energetic, extroverted mode, fanning the flames of their ‘Spark of Life’ repertoire and drawing on the deep understanding Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz have established in the course of a quarter century of shared musical endeavour. As Jazz Journal has noted, “Wasilewski’s music celebrates a vast dynamic range, from the most deftly struck pianistic delicacies to gloriously intense emotional exuberance, the chords pounded with unrestrained joy, yet always within a marvellously melodic concept.”

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December 2018

There's a galaxy of piano trios in today's jazz universe but few shine as bright as Marcin Wasilewski's. They've finally released a live recording, and it's been worth the wait.

November 2018

Here a raw, ... yet sonically wellbalanced mix, retains the electricity of their live performances, as anyone who’s seen the trio perform would recognise.

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