01. Half-note (Henryk Miśkiewicz) 8:39
02. Lyrics (Henryk Miśkiewicz) 7:38
03. Gush (Maria Schneider) 4:42
04. Furiozi (Marcin Wasilewski) 8:59
05. Song About Song (Henryk Miśkiewicz) 8:42
06. Thema From Spartakus (Alex North) 3:45
07. Gate Of The Happiness (Henryk Miśkiewicz) 6:01

Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Marcin Wasilewski - piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - bass
Michal Miśkiewicz – drum

This is an excellent album by veteran Polish Jazz saxophonist / composer Henryk Miskiewicz, accompanied here by the best Polish piano trio called at the time of the recording Simple Acoustic Trio, which consist of pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. There is a family connection of course as Michal is Henryk's son. The quartet performs seven tunes, four of which are original compositions by the leader, one by Wasilewski, one is a standard and the remaining one is by the US composer Maria Schneider.

Neither Miskiewicz nor Simple Acoustic Trio needs any introductions to people familiar with the Polish Jazz scene; Miskiewicz has been active on the scene since the early 1970s and over time played in several important ensembles like Sun Ship and was member of groups led by many of the leading Polish Jazz musicians as well as leader of his own groups. Simple Acoustic Trio are commonly recognized as the leading Polish piano trio, propelled to fame as the rhythm section on the seminal ECM recordings by trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and now recording for ECM on their own.

Therefore there are no surprises here as far as the level of performances, which are simply spotless. Miskiewicz plays some great lyrical lines and the support from the trio is simply phenomenal, inventive and daring in some aspects but always solid and within the boundaries specified as the albums motto: music as a device to tell a story in a non-verbal setting. All the compositions selected for this album, original or not, fit the bill perfectly and the overall result is a prime example of intelligent modern mainstream Jazz, which remains fresh and moving in complete disregard of the passing time.

This is definitely an album no Polish Jazz music collector will be able to skip in their collection and a great example of how mainstream Jazz can remain valid and artistically sound today. Highly recommended! --- Adam Baruch, polish-jazz.blogspot.com

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01. Spacer na cztery
02. Pierwsze rozdanie
03. Kiss for "Meni"
04. Szczypawka
05. Green Glade
06. Double Blues
07. Uniesienie
08. Kakaruka

Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto saxophone;
Andrzej Jagodziński - keyboards;
Zbigniew Wegehaupt - double bass;
Michał Miśkiewicz – drums.

Henryk Miśkiewicz, born in 1952, isn’t one of the fathers of Polish jazz, but he’s rather one of the “classics” than one of “yass revolutionaries”. His first band was Dixieland Young Jazz Band (debut in 1967). He had supported with his alto sax many classic jazz musicians, from Henryk Majewski to Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski and also noble guests from USA like Joe Lovano. His work was estimated by jury of the prestigious Polish music award, Fryderyk (“Album of the year“ in 2002 for Lyrics, “Musician of the year” in 2004). --- jazz.umk.pl

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01. Love for Sale
02. Limehouse Blues
03. Stars Fell on Alabama
04. Wabash
05. Grand Central
06. You Are a Weaver of Dreams
07. The Sleeper

Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto saxophone
Piotr Baron - tenor saxophone
Jacek Niedziela - double bass
Michał Miśkiewicz – drums

Henryk Miśkiewicz, born in 1952, isn’t one of the fathers of Polish jazz, but he’s rather one of the “classics” than one of “yass revolutionaries”. His first band was Dixieland Young Jazz Band (debut in 1967). He had supported with his alto sax many classic jazz musicians, from Henryk Majewski to Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski and also noble guests from USA like Joe Lovano. His work was estimated by jury of the prestigious Polish music award, Fryderyk (“Album of the year“ in 2002 for Lyrics, “Musician of the year” in 2004).

Miśkiewicz is also a father of two talented musicians: a vocalist Dorota and a drummer Michał, who is famous all over the world for his collaboration with Tomasz Stańko Quartet and Marcin Wasilewski Trio. The son has performed at the Jazz Od Nowa Festival two times so far with both groups (2002 and 2010). The father performed in Od Nowa with Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski sextet (2005). This edition is a first time when two members of Miśkiewicz family perform here together.

The present band by Miśkiewicz is a third incarnation of Full Drive, that recorded in 2004 an acclaimed album with the same title (Fryderyk nomination). Its successful continuation was Full Drive 2 three years later. In October, last year, the artist started a tour with a band called Full Drive 3, which will probably be a title of the next CD. The bassist of the group is Robert Kubiszyn, a graduate of Music Academy in Katowice, who was given Fryderyk award for an album Before Sunrise in 2011 (Jazz Phonographic Debut of the Year). He also collaborates constantly with Anna Maria Jopek, Grzegorz Turnau, Cezary Konrad Group and... Dorota Miśkiewicz. The guitarist of Full Drive 3 is Marek Napiórkowski, an acclaimed session musician and an author of the successful solo albums (the newest is KonKubiNap). A special attraction of the line-up is Michael Patches Stewart from New Orleans, who used to perform with Al Jarreau (for 8 years) and Marcus Miller (for 15 years). He also used to collaborate with Quincy Jones, David Sanborn, George Duke, Whitney Houston or Earth, Wind and Fire and released three solo albums. Blues, soul or funky temperament of the band is nothing peculiar in that case, even according to their interpretation of jazz and jazz-rock (their repertoire includes their own themes and also compositions by John Scofield, Joe Zawinul or Eddie Harris). All of the concerts during present tour have been a great success as far, so we hope that in Od Nowa it won’t be different. --- jazz.umk.pl

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1.Paulina's Secret (Wojciech Kilar) - Death and The Maiden
2.Schindler's List (John Wiliams) - Schindler's List
3.You Must Believe in Spring / Wystarczy Uśmiech Twój (Michel Legrand – 
   Wojciech Młynarski) - Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
4.Polskie Drogi (Andrzej Kurylewicz) - Polskie Drogi
5.Remembrances (John Wiliams) - Schindler's List
6.Death Theme (Ennio Morricone) - The Untouchable
7.Body Heat (John Barry) - Body Heat
8.A Farewell To Maria (Tomasz Stańko) - Pożegnanie z Marią
9.Again Never (Bill Lee) - Mo' Better Blues
10.The Summer Knows / Mój List (Michel Legrand - Jeremi Przybora) 
    - Summer of '42
11.Remembrances (reprise) (John Williams) - Schindler's List

Personnel:
• Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet 
• Anna Maria Jopek - vocal (3,10) 
• Piotr Wojtasik - fluegelhorn (7) 
• Zbigniew Płużek - basoon (6) 
• Tytus Wojnowicz - english horn (1) 
• Andrzej Jagodziński - piano (1,2,4) 
• Kuba Stankiewicz - piano (7,8,9) 
• Michał Tokaj - piano (3,10) 
• Adam Cegielski - bass (7,8,9) 
• Zbigniew Wegehaupt - bass (1,3,4,10) 
• Michał Miśkiewicz - drums (1,4) 
• Cezary Konrad - drums (7,8,9) 
• The Wind Ensemble"Da Camera" (1,5,7,8) 
• The Cello Quartet (3,10)

Czarodziej saksofonu - oprócz tego, że jest genialnym muzykiem, to jest także wspaniałym i ciekawym człowiekiem. Rzadko się bowiem zdarza, żeby artysta tego formatu był tak skromny i pełen pokory wobec tego co robi. Jego charakterystycznie brzmiącego saksofonu po prostu nie można pomylić. Chyba śmiało można powiedzieć, że potrafiłby wyrazić za jego pomocą niemal każde uczucie. Słuchając go ma się wrażenie, że urodził się z saksofonem w ręku. --- myspace.com

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1 	Prologue 	0:35 		
2 	Prism 	6:60 		
3 	Na Ocean 	6:36 		
4 	Jej Portret 	6:50 		
5 	Skrzypiacy Walczyk 	4:37 		
6 	First Song 	7:26 		
7 	Moj Promyk 	4:01 		
8 	The Cost of living 	7:20 		
9 	More Love 	9:56 		
10 	Jej Portret-voc. 	5:02 		
11 	Epilogue. Juz czas na sen 	3:10 	

Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto sax
Adam Cegielski - double bass
Andrzej Jagodziński - piano
Cezary Konrad - drums
Michał Miśkiewicz -drums
Kuba Stankiewicz - piano
Zbigniew Wegehaupt - double bass
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Edyta Górniak - vocals
Sinfonia Varsovia - strings

Henryk Miskiewicz plays ballads by Charlie Haden, Kieth Jarret, Don Grolnik, Wlodzimierz Nahorny and Jerzy Wasowski.

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