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| January | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2607
Category: Music
Artist: Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Publisher: ECM Records
Studio: ECM Records
Manufacturer: ECM Records
Label: ECM Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001081802
UPC: 602517373457
EAN: 0602517373457
ASIN: B000ZN9MGK
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | The First Touch | | • | Vignette | | • | Cinema Paradiso | | • | Diamonds and Pearls | | • | Balladyna | | • | King Korn | | • | The Cat | | • | January | | • | The Young and Cinema | | • | New York 2007 |
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Product Description
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 Katche 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 Reviews:
January-great listening any month of the year! September 19, 2008
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.
 This kind of Jazz is "breathing" August 4, 2008
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.
extremely listenable, flowing and rythmic June 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
STRONGER AND MUCH FULLER THAN HIS DEBUT ALBUM May 14, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
One of the best jazz recordings for 2008 from one of the most serious piano players in the world today .His debut album was an excellent effort but JANUARY is much more directed to an holographic and fuller sonic texture tied with melody and harmony and less to the experimental and impessionistic side like TRIO .EXCELLENT AND STRONG .
Tomasz Stanko's Other Half Steps Out And Delivers May 8, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Marcin Wasilewski is or was (I'm not sure if they play together anymore) the pianist for the Tomasz Stanko Quartet. This particular trio helped produce such masterpieces as "Soul Of Things" and "Suspended Night" with Stanko. I don't think any other pianist would have given Stanko that dark, moody sound. Wasilewski has really found his niche in this introspective, dark, reflective type of jazz music.
The production of the recording is just amazing and yet very typical for ECM. I expect nothing but pure perfection from them. I wouldn't tolerate any less in terms of engineering.
The music on this record is much more focused than their last one, which was simply titled "Trio." That record had many great moments, but I think the sound here is more cohesive and organic. The song selection is also much better.
Some highlights for me were "Vignette," "Diamonds And Pearls," "The Cat," and the title track, but in all honesty they are really good. The only one that I didn't particularly like was "King Korn" it was more of a free-form piece and I just thought it kind of ruined the flow of the album, but that is just a little gripe.
The interplay between Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, and Michal Miskiewicz is really astounding. They have really formed a tight bond over the last couple of years of playing with Stanko. I think he made them so much stronger.
I recommend "January' to anyone who's a fan of Bill Evans and to anyone interested in hearing a jazz piano trio with a lot of class.
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