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piątek, 28 kwietnia 2017

Janusz Zdunek – Numery (2017)

Janusz Zdunek

Janusz Zdunek - trumpet, synth
Bogumiła Ludwińska - alto saxophone
Mariusz Godzina - tenor saxophone
Tomasz Glazik - baritone saxophone
Jarosław Ważny - trombone, voice


Piotr Wróbel - tuba
Ireneusz Kaczmar - bass
Rafał Baca - drums

Numery

SP 0217

By Adam Baruch

This is an album by Polish trumpeter/composer Janusz Zdunek, recorded in an octet setting with six brass players (Zdunek on trumpet, trombonist Jarosław Ważny, saxophonists Bogumiła Ludwińska, Mariusz Godzina and Tomasz Glazik and tuba player Piotr Wróbel) and rhythm section: bassist Ireneusz Kaczmar and drummer Rafał Baca. The album presents eleven original compositions, all by Zdunek. One of the tracks features Rap style lyrics. The musicians on the album are old Zdunek's cohorts from his Yass ensembles 4 Syfon and Marienburg and Rock group Kult.

The music is consistent with earlier albums by Zdunek, presenting more or less the same mixture of Jazz, Rock, Yass and Funk influences, which are almost danceable, played with great feeling of Groove and a Funky approach, but basically adding very little to the musical arsenal, which Zdunek presented already in the past, except perhaps for a few Klezmer influenced pieces.

The large brass section could have been used to create a much richer and multilayered environment, but sadly it is mostly limited to playing long unisono lines behind Zdunek's trumpet solos, which are not interesting enough to keep the listener on his toes. The rhythm section keeps the music moving forward in a hypnotic Funky Groove, which is really excellent, but after a while becomes somewhat repetitious.

Overall this is a nice, listenable album with a lot of brass sounds and Groovy/Funky rhythms, which many listeners should be able to enjoy and perhaps even dance to. More entertainment that Art, but nevertheless definitely worth investigation!

piątek, 26 października 2012

Janusz Zdunek / Marienburg – Miasto Nic (2008)

Janusz Zdunek - trumpet
Mariusz Godzina - bass clarinet
Ireneusz Kaczmar - bass
Rafal Baca - drums

OKNO 102







By Adam Baruch

This is the 2nd album by Polish trumpeter / keyboardist / composer Janusz Zdunek and his ensemble Marienburg, which usually includes bassist Ireneusz Kaczmar and drummer Rafal Baca, but here also includes the bass clarinet player Mariusz Godzina. The seven tracks on the album were all composed by Zdunek.

Faithfull to the principles of the Yass movement, which flourished in Poland in the 1990s and still has a significant following today, Zdunek creates instrumental music which mixes elements of Jazz, Rock and other genres, which serve as a foundation for expanded improvisation, which in turn is kept well within the basic melody lines and original chord changes. The rhythmic patters are often funky and even danceable (well, depending of how many substances were consumed) but always stable and repetitive, with minimal, if any, change within one particular tune. The intrinsic tension between the rigid framework and the improvised motifs is basically what makes this music tick.

Zdunek is obviously a very proficient trumpeter and his technical skills are remarkable, but this kind of music makes it difficult to fully appreciate them. This music is more about atmosphere and ambience than outward expression, and should be accepted for what it is.

This kind of music usually divides the audiences into the love it / hate it camps with very few listeners left in the limbo, which is perfectly fine. So if you know this music and belong to any of the a.m. crowds, there is little that can be added here. If you don't know this music, you owe it to yourself to try it out, in case it's exactly what the doctor prescribed in your case.

środa, 5 września 2012

Janusz Zdunek + Marienburg - Jedzie (2012) by Adam Baruch

Janusz Zdunek + Marienburg

Janusz Zdunek - trumpet, synthesizers, electronics

Ireneusz Kaczmar - bass guitar, sitarra
Rafał Baca - drums, percussion

Jedzie (2012)

This is the 3rd album by Polish trumpeter Janusz Zdunek and his ensemble Marienburg, which includes bassist Ireneusz Kaczmar and drummer Rafal Baca. The eight tracks on the album were all composed by Zdunek.

Zdunek, who was a prominent member of the Yass movement which flourished in Poland in the 1990s, continues his musical quest using similar approach to the original Yass formula, i.e. combining Jazz and Rock elements and creating improvisation-based instrumental music. His trumpet playing technique is quite accomplished, but he rarely moves away from the main melody line, staying safely within the mainstream limitations. The melodies are pretty straight-forward, as is the strong grove, which pulsates steadily, changing rhythmic patterns between Reggae, Rock and Jazz. The rhythm section also keeps things very straight-forward, often with clockwork precision.

Basically the modus operandi of the album stays pretty set, with the melody line being introduced at the start of each tune, followed by an improvised section, on top of a steady, almost danceable, rhythmic background often repeated in a drone fashion. Zdunek plays some great notes overall, but they are not enough to keep the entire album interesting for an entire span of its duration.

Some people will surely find this music greatly enjoyable for sure, and that is perfectly fine, but I can't find anything innovative or inspiring here, so my advice would be: listen and then decode for yourself. Trumpet aficionados watch out!

By Adam Baruch
http://www.adambaruch.com/


Track listing: 1 Oj nie; 2 Past Post; 3 Jedzie Preludium; 4 Jedzie wolny; 5 Jedzie Lab; 6 Jedzie On; 7 Trytony; 8 Od ślubu


czwartek, 12 kwietnia 2012

Janusz Zdunek + Marienburg - Jedzie (2012) by Maciej Nowotny

Janusz Zdunek - trumpet, synthesizers, electronics

Ireneusz Kaczmar - bass guitar, sitarra
Rafał Baca - drums, percussion 

Jedzie (2012)




As far as I remember this is third album by this band with previous 'Pop Dom' and 'Miasto Nic' (2008). This last record is described on our blog and what applied to that album roughly applies to this one as well. This music is as much inspired by jazz as (even more) by club, downtempo and chill-out music. Its overall mood is relaxing and goes perfectly with lazy morning, calm evening or night car drive. By far the biggest asset of this album is Janusz Zdunek whose line on trumpet is open and yet easily to follow. Its closest affinity is without doubt well known Nils Molvaer play. Unlike on Molvaer famous records however (e.g. 'Khmer' or recently 'Hamada') Zdunek has no enough support from rhythm section whose play is too predictable for my taste. Plus arrangements of music are not that dense and range of emotions evoked in listener consequently is more modest. 



Track listing: 1 Oj nie; 2 Past Post; 3 Jedzie Preludium; 4 Jedzie wolny; 5 Jedzie Lab; 6 Jedzie On; 7 Trytony; 8 Od ślubu

By Maciej Nowotny
http://kochamjazz.blox.pl

piątek, 20 stycznia 2012

Janusz Zdunek & Marienburg - Miasto Nic (Okno, 2008)

Janusz Zdunek - trąbka, organy, elektronika
Ireneusz Kaczmar - gitara basowa

Rafał Baca - perkusja
Mariusz Godzina - klarnet basowy
Miasto Nic (Okno, 2008)



(Editor) With affinities to Nils-Peter Molvaer Janusz Zdunek trumpet meanders between avantgarde, mainstream, nu jazz and pop. Sometimes successfully and in these moment music sounds otherworldly and inspiring but sometimes not and in those moments it sounds like cheap down-tempo with rhythm section unbearably predictable. It's difficult to determine which course music of this talented musician will take in future...     

Second album of Marienburg - "Miasto Nic" (Nothing Town) reflects on many experiences with film, folk music and mainstream pop, Janusz Zdunek has have in his career. Marienburg's new project combines leader's experimental soul with his love for jazz. Of course, each of the musicians involved in this project brings something of their own to the disk as well, and the musical plate seems sometimes less structured but more stylistically mixed, due to diverse upbringing of the musicians involved in Marienburg project. Irek Kaczmar (bass guitar) musical activities began in hardcore-rock-punk, alternative and folk bands. In turn, Rafal Baca (drums) worked with punk and death metal bands, when Mariusz Godzina (bass clarinet) has flourished in rock-avant guard environment. The final result on "Miasto Nic" keeps the listener engaged all the time, due to the band's authentic joy of collective improvisation.


Source: www.polishjazz.com

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