(Contemporary Jazz) [CD] Mateusz Kołakowski (Kolakowski) / Dave Liebman - Live at Jazz Standard, New York - 2009, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD
Clichés: statements one hears ad nauseum and tend to disbelieve after awhile, but sometimes the reason clichés exist is that they are true.
Cliché #1: Young musicians these days are incredibly advanced and way ahead of the curve (possibly because of the preponderance of good jazz education?)
Cliché #2: Jazz is a universal language and that more than ever has no geographical borders.
Cliché #3: It is still liberating and a challenge to play on “standards” and a wonderful way for musicians to get to know each other.
Somewhere around 2002-03 I was introduced to Mateusz who was just a teenager at the time. Since then we have corresponded with news of his budding success, his studies in both classical and jazz and of course tapes of his playing to which I would make comments. Finally, we met at his invitation to play one night at the Jazz Standard sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute. We named a few mutual standards, discussed some very bare “arrangements” and played. This CD is the result.
All the above “clichés” hold true here. Mateusz is an extremely talented pianist, trained in the way so many musicians from Eastern Europe are in the classical tradition. A few days ago he told me he is working on Prokoviev’s 2nd Piano Concerto, which by coincidence was a point of discussion between my old compatriot, pianist Richie Beirach and myself a few months ago-not an easy piece!! (In fact, Mateusz reminds me a lot of Richie in his depth of harmonic understanding and of course prodigious technique.) The fact that we could so quickly communicate playing old war horse tunes is a testament to the universality of jazz as well as the material itself.
I am very proud to have met such a great young talent and fine human being. This gentleman is well on his way in the musical world-we can only wait, see and listen.
April 12 2009; Stroudsburg, PA USA
David Liebman
Wyśmienity duet łączący kultury i pokolenia. Dowodzący zarazem – teoretycznie oczywistej, lecz w praktyce zbyt rzadko realizowanej – tezy, iż formuła jazzowego standardu nie musi oznaczać sztampy, popisywania się ogranymi patentami, lecz może być punktem wyjścia do ze wszech miar twórczych interpretacji. Mateusz Kołakowski to młody (rocznik 1986), szalenie kreatywny rodzimy pianista (będący jednak w cieniu innych wschodzących gwiazd krajowej jazzowej pianistyki); saksofonista Dave Liebman (rocznik 1946) nie wymaga chyba szczególnych rekomendacji (dla porządku – partner Milesa Davisa w latach 1973-74, lider wielu składów, ceniony pedagog). Muzycy bawią się znanymi kompozycjami (m.in. „Nature Boy”, „Body and Soul”, „Footprints”), dekonstruują je czasem u samych fundamentów, krążą wokół tematów, zapętlają się i zacinają. Nie jest to jednak przejaw postmodernistycznego dyskursu prowadzonego z jazzową tradycją, lecz podejście jak najbardziej serio, pozostające w zgodzie z poetyką współczesności, a zarazem indywidualną wrażliwością artystów. Operujący nierzadko ostrym tonem i nieco nerwową ekspresją, ale w pełni zdyscyplinowany sopran Liebmana wyśmienicie splata się z pełną zakrętów, niekiedy silnie zrytmizowaną pianistyką Kołakowskiego. Doskonała płyta firmowana przez kojarzoną przede wszystkim z wydawnictwami braci Olesiów rodzimą oficyną Fenommedia.
Łukasz Iwasiński ~ artpapier.com

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