A1 	Walking Colour 	
A2 	La Concha 	
A3 	Afrosfera 	
B1 	Folk-Music 	
B2 	Luz Blues 	
B3 	Flute Reflections 	
B4 	Pieśń Starego Dżeka

Krzysztof P. Zgraja – flute
Jacek Bednarek – double bass

Duet kontrabasowo-fletowy utworzony przez Jacka Bednarka – cb. i Krzysztofa Zgraję – fl. Zadebiutował na koncercie jazzowym w Petis (NRD) w maju 1977 r. Występował na koncertach i festiwalach jazzowych w RFN, w krajach skandynawskich, we Francji, na Węgrzech, w Szwajcarii, Austrii i Hiszpanii. W kraju był gościem Lubelskich Spotkań Wokalistów Jazzowych w 1979 r. i Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Jazzowego Jazz Jamboree ’79 w Warszawie. Na Międzynarodowym Festiwalu Jazzowym Jazz Jamboree ’84 wystąpił z polsko-hiszpańskim zespołem Flamenco Inspiration (Jerzy Bartz – perc., Daniel Corti – vno, Willi Kotoun – perc., Josemaria Molero – g., Luis Pastor – g.), współpracującym ze znaną tancerką flamenco Niną Corti. Powiększony o duet zespół koncertował z artystką w Maroku, Algierii, Japonii, na Kubie, w wielu krajach Europy i obu Ameryk. Nagrał też LP La Quinta, wydany w Szwajcarii w 1983 r.

Działał też poza estradą jazzową. Podczas Warszawskiej Jesieni w 1979 r. wykonał kompozycję Krzysztofa Zgrai Music for Ives, nagrał muzykę Jacka Bednarka do filmów fabularnych Indeks i Kung-fu (reż. Janusz Kijowski). ---bibliotekapiosenki.pl

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01. Moment startu
02. Ballada
03. Temacik z wariacjami na bass solo
04. Polimetric 2AB
05. Scherzo 4x1
06. Akcenty Afro Kubańskie
07. Alter Ego
08. Folk Music for J.K.
09. Czwarty Wymiar

Krzysztof Zgraja – flet (flute)
Czesław Gladkowski – kontrabas (double bass)

It is very difficult to estimate jazz that we find on this record, applying limited stylistic categories. The music composed and performed by Czeslaw Gladkowski and Krzysztof Zgraja probably will not satisfy expectations of orthodoxically oriented fans of “pure” jazz. After all, successive appearances of the duo at festivals where they won quite a number of prizes — often arouse controversies, It commonly happens to all phenomena that do not fit into mental “files”. Still, the two musicians descend from the broadly interpreted jazz traditions, treated here as an object of relation. Suitable musical education (Czeslaw Gladkowski is the graduate of the Theory Department of the Katowice School of Music, and Krzysztof Zgraja completed studies at the Instrumental and Composition Departments of the same school) built the foundation for far-away musical journeys into unexploited or hardly exploited territories.

The present record testifies the stage of development in which the duo achieved the most important aim: own world of creative ideas connected with original sound and conception of collective playing. The combination of flute and double bass, in spite of lack of tradition, turned out to be extremely convincing and fuitful. The way to this aim, though not easy and simple, took them five years.

In some measure, it was the modern electronics used by the musicians that helped them; nevertheless they do not forget about the huge music potential that is traditionally inherent in bass and flute.

The two instrumentalists utilize both mainstream and free jazz experiences; they absorb also classical and avant-garde music heritage. They use their instruments in the way that was determined by history (“Little thema with variations”), and support them occasionally with the possibilities of the modern recording studio (“Departure time”), “Afro-cuban Accents” or “The 4th Dimension”. Thanks to these tricks one may hear often not only a duo also a quartet or a quintet.

One cannot possibly ignore a very significant source of inspiration for the artists — that is folklore. Polish jazz so far has issued very few records that so evidently have preserved the spirit of Polish folk music — in spite of modern musical language, This folk influence, however, is not merely literary; take for example “Polimetric” or “Folkmusic”, The only quotation on the record is the folk tune from the region of Kurpie, “Get ready my girl” in “Folkmusic”. It is folklore that is common value for the record and makes it an integral unity.

The record that you are now presented will probably find also a response far outside hermetic jazz circles, for it is a document of broadly comprehended music tradition, that stands outside the border of the jazz expression.

The stream in which “black” and “white” culture elements meet is an inestimable value in the sphere of contemporary music. The echoes of the Third Stream hybrid died away long time ago. The music calls for the values that could be estimated only by means of musical experience, apart from conventions and prejudices.

In pieces of Gladkowski and Zgraja (the word “composition” is fully justified, for these pieces are composed in their general shape and later filled with improvisations) one meets an emotion controlled by intellect, expression fitted into frames of cold deliberation. Owing to this, the final effect is as rich as our reality. The world of “Alter ega” is different from our old habits, but no matter what reelings it may evoke, it will surely not leave you insensible. ---Roman Kowal, analogburners.com

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1. Sunrise 	8:19
2. Morning Hymn 	1:43
3. Dawn 	4:46
4. A Bird, the River and Me 	4:53
5. Dream Suite 	20:36
6. Journey Into the Light 	11:38
7. Sun Above the Ocean 	12:14

Diese Produktion ist eines von 4 Alben, die aus der Zusammenarbeit von Krzysztof Zgraja und Horst Boesing entstanden sind. Das Album war bereits 1994 bei Windpferd veröffentlicht worden, aber seit 10 Jahren nicht mehr erhältlich. Es ist angefüllt mit wunderschönen Melodien und vermittelt beim Zuhören eine sehr positive Stimmung. So eignet es sich hervorragend zum Entspannen und sich Weggleiten zu lassen.

Krzysztof Zgraja ist ein Meister und Virtuose der Querflöte, der sich intensiv mit allen Gattungen der Orchester- und Kammermusik befasst. Als Interpret entstanden auch zahlreiche (über 150) pädagogische und konzertante Werke für Flöte solo, Duette, Trios und gemischte Besetzungen.Viele Kompositionen erschienen in international namhaften Verlagen wie: Zimmermann ("Vier Vivaldi-Zeiten" für Flöte und Vibraphon), Schott Musik International (Reihe "Modern Flutist"), Universal Edition (Flötenschule "Die Flöte im Jazz"), Karthause-Schmülling (Reihe " Flöten-Collection ") u. a. in über 30 Heften.

In den Neunzigern erarbeitete Krzysztof Zgraja ein multistilistisches und virtuoses Solo-Programm mit eigenen Kompositionen, das er seitdem präsentiert. Er unterrichtet an Hochschulen und leitet Fortbildungs- und Meisterkurse in vielen Ländern. --- Von Horst Bösing, amazon.com

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01. Luz Blues
02. Alex Funky
03. La Concha
04. W Oczekiwaniu na...
05. Laokoon
06. Fin De Siecle

Krzysztof Zgraja - flute
Jacek Bednarek - bass
Krzysztof Ścierański - bass guitar
Marek Stach - drums
Wojciech Kamiński - piano, fender piano
Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto saxophone
Reto Weber – drums

Great record of excellent and rare progressive jazzrock album that was a PL-only release in 1981 on MUZA and comes in a thin full colour paper sleeve (swoc) - fantastic instrumental fusion album including six tracks by flute wizzard KRZYSZTOF ZGRAJA who has a very individual sound and style...sounds like early-70s hippie psychfusion with dreamy parts as well as heavy outbursts...listen to that fantastic drum solo!!! --- jazzarchives.blogspot.com

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