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  | ADAM PIERONCZYK ~ OAXACA CONSTELLATION
JAZZ SOUND 022 (Barcode: 606707035576) ~ POLAND ~ Free Jazz / Improvised Music
Recorded: 2016 Released: 2021
This is a solo saxophone album by Polish Jazz saxophonist / composer Adam PieronczykFind albums by this artist, recorded in a chapel of a Dominican monastery at the heart of the Mexican town of Oaxaca. The album presents thirty-five short solo improvisations, in ascending order by the track duration, from fifty-five seconds to two minutes and fifty-five seconds, all composed by Pieronczyk. Although recorded in 2016 during his visit in Mexico, which also produced the excellent “Monte AlbanFind albums with this title” album released that year, this album was released only five years later. The album offers a magical ambience and superb sound quality, which is breathtaking.
Pieronczyk is undoubtedly one of the most internationally recognized names among Polish Jazz musicians, who produced an impressive recording legacy with releases on many labels, both Polish and foreign. 2016 was surely a most fertile year of his career, as he managed to record no less than five albums (those already released and perhaps more available in his vaults) that year.
The music, although extremely fragmented, is wonderfully coherent and sounds like a pre-planned continuum, despite the fact that the final order of the pieces was selected quite arbitrarily. The sublime ambience of the historic building, the natural echo and of course Pieronczyk’s expressionism, lyricism and sense of melodic creativity are second to none.
Solo Improvised Music albums have an intrinsic tendency to become eventually boring, repetitive and self-indulgent, but this album suffers from none of these problems. The music flows naturally and keeps the listener enchanted and mesmerized for the entire duration.
Overall, this is a wonderful Improvised Music album, with highly impressive playing and obvious creativity. Fans of the genre should love this to bits, but many “regular” Jazz listeners should be able to enjoy this enchanting music, when given a chance. Personally this is one of my favorite recordings in the impressive output by Pieronczyk, which means of course that I wholeheartedly recommend it to anybody who loves truly good music.
| | Updated: 11/12/2021Posted: 11/12/2021 | CD 1 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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