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Chopin Warsaw
Paris Jazz Quintet |
CHOPIN/WARSAW PARIS
JAZZ QUINTET PROJECTwith Symphony Orchestra
Jazz renditions of Fryderyk Chopin music
have long tradition in Poland.
In 70’s Novi Singers were singing Chopin, and pianist Mieczysław Kosz
played fragments of several pieces. But real 'boom' for Chopin a’la
jazz started in nineties. First to do the renditions of Chopin music
was Andrzej Jagodziński and his Trio. Later on there were pianists to
attempt play Chopin with jazz improvisation: Adam Makowicz, Krzysztof
Herdzin, Włodzimierz Nahorny, Leszek Możdżer. All these recordings
were solo piano or small jazz combo with exemption of Nahorny sextet.
The newest project of jazz musicians from Warsaw is to transfer Chopin
music for jazz quartet, vocalist and symphony orchestra. This attempt
is unique by precise way of treating the Chopin music and also by the
amount of musicians involved.
In this project are involved the top polish jazz musicians and French
vocalist / saxophonist Marc Thomas and symphony orchestra. This French
artist reflects the polish and French parts in live of Fryderyk
Chopin.
The goal of this project is to promote the greatest polish composer in
a different modern and unconventional way.
The participants: WARSAW/PARIS JAZZ QUINTET:
MARC THOMAS - vocal/saxophone, top jazz vocalist in France.
ROBERT MAJEWSKI – trumpet, just next to the great polish trumpet
player Tomasz Stańko.
PAWEŁ PERLIŃSKI – piano, skilful musician in jazz and classical idiom.
ANDRZEJ ŁUKASIK – bass, top player in jazz market, also music producer.
SEBASTIAN FRANKIEWICZ – drums, one of the most talented musician in
young generation.
WOJCIECH ZIELIŃSKI – conductor and arranger, considered to be one the
best arranger, equal to Andrzej Jagodziński or Krzysztof Herdzin.
SINFONIA VARSOVIA – the top Polish classical ensemble led for many
years by Yehudi Menuhin.
The program of the concert:
- Ballade g-minor
- Scherzo E-major op. 54 #4 (II move)
- Scherzo h-minor op.20 #1 (II move)
- Mazurka g-minor op. 24 #1
- Mazurka C-major op. 67 #3
- Mazurka a-minor op.17 #4
- Prelude e-minor op.28 #. 4
- Preludium c-minor op.28 #20
- Berceuse op. 57
- Etude Eb- minor op.28 #4
- Etude f-minor #1.
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