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  | PIOTR DOMAGALA & MAREK TOPOROWSKI ~ MUSIC FOR JAZZ GUITAR AND HARPSICHORD
DOX 2010 (Barcode: 5902547020105) ~ POLAND ~ Jazz-Classical Fusion
Recorded: 2022 Released: 2023
This is the debut album by the duo comprising of Polish Jazz guitarist / composer Piotr DomagalaFind albums by this artist and keyboardist Marek ToporowskiFind albums by this artist. The album presents nine tracks, eight of which are original compositions by Domagala and one is by flautist / composer Ryszard BorowskiFind albums by this artist.
The music offers a highly unusual combination of two instruments rarely heard together and offers an exciting, novel sound and conceptual approach, which is truly exciting and aesthetically pleasing. Musically somewhere between Bossa Nova and Baroque Music, with everything in between, the highly melodic tunes serve as basis to extended improvisations, and as already stated the result is absolutely unique.
I admit to be unfamiliar with Toporowski’s accomplishments, which of course is my bad, hopefully to be corrected soon, but he certainly is a Master of the harpsichord, one of my favorite instruments, able to produce a plethora of sounds one would never except to hear from that instrument, which sound absolutely contemporary, if not avant-garde.
I am, however, well acquainted with the superb work by Domagala, who is obviously one of the greatest Polish guitarists, but who is also mostly underappreciated by his peers and the Polish Jazz scene as one. His recording legacy speaks for itself and the usual “being too good for his own good” definitely applies, as far as he is concerned.
Overall, this is a wonderful piece of music, very unusual and unconventional, but which is accessible to a large audience of music connoisseurs, if brought to their attention. Hopefully that will happen, and I can only contribute my wholehearted recommendation. Listeners looking for originality and thinking out of a box, should grab this album unquestionably!
| | Updated: 12/04/2024Posted: 12/04/2024 | CD 1 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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