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by Adam Makowicz

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 37:06
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Polish jazz pianist delves into highly experimental, electrified territory on this pioneering album, extensively utilizing the Fender Rhodes and early synthesizers. Supported by a remarkably tight rhythm section, the complex compositions balance the harmonic density of avant-garde jazz with deeply syncopated, propulsive fusion elements. The record highlights his status as a key innovator within the vibrant 1970s Eastern European jazz scene.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, experimental, fusion, improvisation, traditional, piano

Tracklist

  1. The Song From The Valleys / Pie艣艅 Z Dolin
  2. War Song / Pie艣艅 Wojenna
  3. The Song From The Hills / Pie艣艅 Ze Wzg贸rz
  4. Drinking Song / Pie艣艅 Pijacka
  5. Sacred Song / Pie艣艅 Religijna
  6. Seven For Five
  7. Suggestion / Propozycja
  8. Blues (12:46)
  9. It's Not Bad / Nie Jest Zle
  10. Cherokee (3:33)

Credits

  • Czes艂aw Bartkowski - drums, percussion, written-by
  • Wojciech Karolak - written-by
  • Krzysztof Komeda - written-by
  • Ray Noble - written-by

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