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Jazzpress 0212 MARZEC 2012 Internetowa gazeta poświęcona muzyce improwizowanej ISSN 2084-3143 Koncerty Lotos Jazz Festiwal Andrzej Olejniczak & Władysław „Adzik”Sendecki Special Quartet Motion Trio Wywiady Piotr Schmidt Michael Patches Stewart Tomasz Dąbrowski Jarosław Bester i Oleg Dyyak Robimy muzykę nie karierę! Jarosław Bester Wydarzenia 3 – Od Redakcji 50 – Wywiady 50 Jarosław Bester i Oleg Dyyak 4 – Wydarzenia Robimy muzykę, nie karierę! 6 – Płyty 68 Piotr Schmidt 6 RadioJAZZ.FM poleca Potrzebuję szerszej palety możliwości wyrażania swojego muzycznego ego 8 Nowości płytowe 74 Michael Patches Stewart 12 Recenzje Nie było łatwo grać na trąbce do mikrofonu, String Connection, 2012 do którego przed chwilą grał Miles Davis… Michał Wróblewski TrioI Remember 85 Tomasz Dąbrowski Przemysław Strączek& Teriver Cheung, Gram swoje i przyglądam się, Evans gdzie mnie to zabierze Tim Berne, Snakeoil Tim Berne, Insomnia 88 – Kanon Jazzu Portico Quartet, Portico Quartet The Soothsayer – Wayne Shorter The Intuition Orchestra feat. Grażyna Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock Auguścik & Zdzisław Piernik, Fromm My Point Of View – Herbie Hancock Piotr Lemańczyk, Guru A Tribute To Wes Montgomery- Project G-7 Maciej Garbowski, Elements (2012) Interchange – Pat Martino Mazoll/Janicki/Janicki,Minimalover (2012) Ahmad Jamal, 97 – Publicystyka Blue Moon (2012, Jazz Village) 97 Jazz jako muzyka ludowa 30 – Festiwale i koncerty 100 – Sesje jazzowe 30 Przewodnik koncertowy 36 Lotos Jazz Festival 108 – BLUES CORNER – 14. Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 108 Otis Taylor – mistrz bluesowej hipnozy 42 Andrzej Olejniczak & Władysław „Adzik” 111 Rymszary – Mirek Rzepa Sendecki Special Quartet 112 Nocna Zmiana Bluesa – jubileusz 30-lecia! 45 Motion Trio w Filharmonii Narodowej 115 – Co w RadioJAZZ.FM 46 – Sylwetki 115 Ptasie Radio 46 Marek Napiórkowski: Pierwsza trylogia wicekróla 117 – Redakcja 48 Francis Rocco Prestia – Artysta Który Odcisnął 2 JazzPRESS, marzec 2012 Od Redakcji Ostatnio poproszono mnie o wypowiedź na temat: czy jazz w Polsce jest w defensywie? Otóż Drodzy Państwo: jazz wreszcie zajmuje właściwe miejsce w naszym życiu! Marzyliśmy o nielimitowanym do- stępie do jazzu i artystów z całego świata. I to właśnie mamy. Fakt, dla większości muzyków, zwłaszcza starszego pokolenia, taka sytuacja to szok. Upadek etosu Artysty. Ale wywalczyliśmy wolność, a razem z nią o prawo wyboru: kiedyś problemem było wydanie płyty – dziś płyt wydaje się tak dużo, że proble- mem stało się dotarcie do odbiorcy! Każda sytuacja ma swoje wady i zalety: dziś na dobry instrument nie trzeba pracować 3 lata, ale za to sztuką jest załatwienie dobrego joba! Nie zżymajmy się więc na rzeczywistość, jazz w Polsce ma się świetnie – ma swoje wierne grono odbiorców, rosną nowe pokolenia muzyków i słuchaczy. A że przestał być „modny” czy też „snobistyczny”? To i tak go nie rozwijało. Jazz zawsze był muzyką pasjonatów... jazzu! Jerzy Szczerbakow Prezes Fundacji EuroJAZZ Nowy rok przychodzi z marcowym numerem magazynu JazzPRESS! W nowy rok wkraczamy, jak już zapowiadaliśmy w poprzednim numerze, z nowym pomysłem na poszerzanie i pogłębianie naszej wiedzy o jazzie – światowym i polskim. W podobnej konwencji, jak przez pierwszy rok, będziemy się z Wami dzielić informacjami o ważnych sesjach nagraniowych, które przybrały postać płyt winylo- wych i CD. Płyt, które możemy położyć na talerzu gramofonu czy załadować do odtwarzacza i oddać się przyjemności słuchania nagranej na nich muzyki. Do czego zachęcamy w równym stopniu, co do lektury naszego pisma. Ryszard Skrzypiec Redaktor Naczelny Przekaż 1% swojego podatku Wesprzyj wspólne projekty kulturalne RadioJAZZ.FM i Artbale Stowarzyszenie Rozwoju Edukacji Kulturalnej i Sztuki KRS: 0000107658 Cel szczegółowy 1%: JAZZ 3 Wydarzenia Wydarzenia 25 lutego zmarł saksofonista tenorowy Red 3 dniach lipca nakładem wydawnictwa Oxford Holloway. Począwszy od wczesnych lat 60., University Press ukaże się książka autorstwa nagrał wiele autorskich płyt – jako pierwszy Teda Gioii zatytułowana The Jazz Standards: album The Burner w 1963 r. Współpacował A Guide to the Repertoire. Na 500 stronach uzna- z największymi, jak: Sonny Stitt, „Brother” Jack ny historyk jazzu przybliża ponad 250 kompozy- McDuff, Clark Terry, Dexter Gordon, Yusef cji – od „Ain’t Misbehavin’” i „Autumn in New Lateef, Willie Dixon. Jako sideman nagrywał York” przez „God Bless the Child” i „How High zarówno ze znakomitymi jazzmenami, jak: Bil- the Moon” po „I Can’t Give You Anything But lie Holiday, Sonny Rollins i Lester Young, ale Love”. Autorstwa zarówno broadway’owskich także bluesmenami, jak: Aretha Franklin, B.B. kompozytorów – George’a Gershwina czy Irvin- King i Muddy Waters. Urodził się 31 maja 1927 ga Berlina, jak i jazzowych mistrzów – Milesa roku. Davisa, Theloniousa Monka, Duke’a Ellingtona, czy Johna Coltrane’a. 22 lutego ogłoszono nominacje do tegorocznych Fryderyków. „Złotymi Fryderykami” zostaną 30 kwietnia został ustanowiony przez UNESCO uhonorowane postaci ze świata polskiego jazzu Światowym Dniem Jazzu. Pierwsze obcho- – Marek Karewicz, Wojciech Kilar i Tomasz dy jazzowego święta zostaną zorganizowane 27 Stańko! kwietnia w siedzibie UNESCO z udziałem Iriny Bokovej, Dyrektor Generalnej UNESCO oraz Herbiego Hancocka, Ambasadora Dobrej Woli 22 lutego w wieku 74 lat zmarł pianista Mike UNESCO. Melvoin. Grał z wieloma wybitnymi muzyka- Pianista i kompozytor Vijay Iyer zostanie uho- mi – nie tylko jazzowymi – od Franka Sinatry (z norowany prestiżową nagrodą Greenfield Prize którym nagrał singiel „That’s Life”) i Stana Getza przyznawaną przez The Hermitage Artist Ret- poczynając, przez Johna Lennona, Natalie Cole, reat and the Greenfield Foundation. Wręczenie Toma Waitsa, the Beach Boys (nagrał z nimi nagrody nastąpi w trakcie uroczystej kolacji przebój „Good Vibrations” i album Pet Sounds), w dniu 1 kwietnia br. po Barbrę Streisand, the Jackson 5 i Tony’ego Bennetta, Urodził się 10 maja 1937 r. Pierwszą autorską płytę Melvoin nagrał w 1966 r. – był to krążek zatytułowany Keys to Your Mind (Liber- ty). Urodził się 10 maja 1937 r. 4 JazzPRESS, marzec 2012 W wieku 80 lat zmarł pianista Jodie Christian. Organizacja NAACP (National Association for Znany zarówno miłośnikom bebopu, jak i free the Advancement of Colored People) nomino- jazzu. Był jednym z założycieli Association for wała gitarzystę Stanley’a Jordana do nagrody Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Image Award w kategorii Outstanding Jazz Al- Nagrywał wspólnie m.in. z Eddiem Harrisem, bum za jego ostatni album Friends. Stanem Getzem, Roscoe Mitchelem i Dexterem Gordonem. Jako lider nagrał 6 albumów. Uro- dził się 2 lutego 1932 r. 3 lutego w wieku 67 lat zmarł w Warszawie Miko- łaj Lipowski. Był wykładowcą uniwersyteckim, autorem wielu prac z zakresu kształcenia i po- Laureatami nagród Grammy w jazzowych kate- lityki oświatowej, wiceprezesem Polskiego Sto- goriach za 2011 rok zostali: dwukrotnie Chick warzyszenia Jazzowego, działaczem Klubu Jazzu Corea – za album Forever (Corea, Clarke & Tradycyjnego, a wraz z Andrzejem Zarębskim White) w kategorii Best Jazz Instrumental Al- inicjatorem i twórcą konkursów o Złotą Tarkę. bum oraz za pochodzące z niego solo w kategorii 1 lutego zmarł, prawdopodobnie w wyniku sa- Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Christian McBride mobójczego postrzału, Don Cornelius – twór- Big Band za album The Good Feeling w kategorii ca i wieloletni szef popularnego telewizyjnego Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album oraz Terri Lyne programu muzycznego Soul Train. Carrington & Various Artists za album The Mo- saic Project w kategorii Best Jazz Vocal Album. 11 lutego zmarła wokalistka pop, R&B, soul ak- 28 stycznia w wieku 55 lat zmarł perkusista Jim- torka, producentka filmowa, aranżerka, autorka my Junebug Jackson. Przez ponad dwie dekady piosenek i modelka Whitney Houston. Laure- koncertował z legendarnym organistą Jimmym atka nagrody Grammy. Smithem. Grał również z McCoy Tynerem, Geo- rgem Bensonem, Christianem McBridem, Mo- sem Davisem i wieloma inymi. Był cenionym 9 lutego w pierwszą rocznicę śmierci trębacza sidemanem. Andrzeja Przybielskiego Miejskie Centrum Kultury w Bydgoszczy zorganizowało pierwszą edycję mini-festiwalu „Stacja Asocjacja – Spot- 26 stycznia, w wieku 83 lat zmarł pianista, kania Sztuki Otwartej”. Jednym z elementów kompozytor i aranżer Clare Fischer. W swojej programu było odsłonięcie tablicy pamiątkowej twórczości muzycznej swobodnie przechodził i otwarcie miejsca pamięci trębacza. pomiędzy jazzem, muzyką latynoską i popem. Grał m.in. z Dizzym Gillespiem, Georgem She- aringiem, Natalie Cole i Joao Gilberto, ale także z Paulem McCartney’em, Princem, Spikem Lee i Michaelem Jacksonem. (rs) 5 Płyty – RadioJAZZ.FM poleca Wierba And Schmidt Quintet feat. Piotr Baron – Tord Gustavsen Quartet – The Well The Mole People Ta płyta już od pierwszych dźwięków angażuje Ta płyta to – jak dotąd – najbardziej dojrza- uważnego słuchacza. Posiada ów specyficzny ły album kwintetu Michała Wierby i Piotra magnetyzm przykuwający do głośników tych, Schmidta. Z pewnością będę obserwował dal- którzy muzyki słuchają, chcą się skoncentrować szy rozwój tego zespołu, co i Wam polecam. na dźwiękach, a nie wypełnić nimi dźwiękową Z przyjemnością wybiorę się też na koncert, je- przestrzeń wokół siebie. W dzisiejsxych czasach śli będą grali gdzieś w okolicy. To już powinna niewiele jest takich nowości. Tak uzależniające być wystarczająca rekomendacja, tym nie mniej są raczej dawniejsze nagrania. A porównanie trochę o muzyce opowiedzieć wypada. Zawsze do najlepszych dzieł starych mistrzów to jedna jednak mam nadzieję, że sami sprawdzicie,
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