MACIEJ SIKALA "Blue destinations"It takes a good
deal of selfconfidence, skill and creative talent to play in a
pianoless group. The steady presence of chordal sounds - be it guitar
- is of invaluable support, you seemingly can't dispose of. True, it
was rejected and slighted in the '60-s by the free - jazz avantgarde,
but the majority of harmony - oriented hornplayers preferred not to
take chances. But then, many older jazz afficjonados recall the
experiments (successful) in the "50-s, by the brilliant West
Coast exponents, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer. To say
they succeeded is not enough. It was an excellent jazz. The same can
be said of Jimmy Giuffre's trios. Those men had harmony in their bones.
Here we listen to
this CD and have the similar thing to admire: Maciek Sikala pianoless
trio, but with the basist Ryszard Tymon Tymanski, who can be blamed
for any kind of musical extravaganza, but who surely doesn't lack
harmonic thinking and so he provides sufficient background and support.
Jacek Olter is a versatile drummer who feels equally at ease with
swing, freaky ideas or hard rock rhythms. So, Maciek can rely on his
partners, the more so that he knows them thoroughly for many years. As
to his harmonic and melodic imagination., there's no worry. He spread
his wings already during his studies at the Katowice Academy of Music,
when he won the 1-st Prize in the 1986 International Jazz
Improvisation Competition. Since then he proved his worth again and
again, playing with highranking groups: Quintessence, Milosc, Rodowicz
Quartet, Piotr Wojtasik Formation. He gained approval and admiration.
Like many
distinguished tenor-players, he finally took to soprano saxophone. We
can hear his soprano improvisations and we marvel: an opalescent,
well-rounded tone, even and simply beatiful; something that broadens
his tenor playing virtuosity. Inventive? Well, what do expect from an
improvisation competition prize-winner? - Besides, there are his
compositions to convince you. As to his partnership understanding it's
almost metaphisical, as it should be.
Improvised soli by
Sikala form perfectly build and melodious compositions. All in all, I
invite you to just listen and enjoy. For this is jazz, and an
exquisite one.
Andrzej Schmitd |
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