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Karolina Smietana - Illusion (2017)

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Karolina Smietana - Illusion (2017)

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1 	Something 	
2 	Skylark 	
3 	Within 	
4 	E Preciso Perdoar 	
5 	Za Blisko 	
6 	The Beauty Of Mind 	
7 	I Am A Little Sunshine 	
8 	Orange Moon 	
9 	The Ego Thing

Karolina Śmietana - vocals
Rafał Sarnecki - guitar
Soren Gemmer - piano
Anders Fjeldsted - bass
Radek Wośko - drums

 

This is the debut album by the Polish (resident in Denmark) singer/songwriter Karolina Śmietana recorded with an excellent Polish/Danish quartet comprising of Polish guitarist Rafał Sarnecki and drummer Radek Wośko and Danish pianist Soren Gemmer and bassist Anders Fjeldsted. The album presents nine tracks, six of which are original compositions by Śmietana, one is co-composed by her and Wośko and the remaining two are standards. Śmietana also wrote the English lyrics to five of the songs, one is a poem by the Polish poetess Wisława Szymborska (and is the only case of Polish lyrics on the album) and the remaining three texts originate from other sources. The album was recorded (mostly) at the excellent RecPublica Studios and engineered by Łukasz Olejarczyk with great sonic results, as expected.

Śmietana's music is quite typical of the Polish Jazz vocal idiom, with solid melodies and coherent structures, which are pleasant and easy on the ear, without being trivial or boring. The songs are diverse enough to show her compositional palette and the lyrics are not an insult to the intelligence, which in today's musical world is a success by itself. On the other hand, however, not everything is perfect; Śmietana has a nice mellow voice, which she uses wisely, but her vocal range is limited and there are no virtuosic vocal performances herein. The usual problem with singing in English, when it is not the singer's native tongue, produces the common pronunciation and accent problems.

What gives the album a great boost are the great instrumental performances by the quartet, which does a superb job accompanying her. Sarnecki plays superbly and manages to create a few brilliant solos. Gemmer also proves to be a great accompanist, with a great feel for melody and excellent technique. The rhythm section does an amicable job all along and plays along with the vocals and the lead instruments with elegance and flair. In short the instrumental parts are top notch. Overall this is a nice vocal Jazz album, which exposes Śmietana as an able vocalist and solid composer, marking a positive kickstart of her career. I am already looking forward to her next project! ---Adam Baruch, polish-jazz.blogspot.com

 

Wydawnictwo RecArt przedstawia album wokalistki i kompozytorki Karoliny Śmietany - "Illusion" (RecArt 0021).

Na płycie znalazło się 9 utworów, większość z nich to kompozycje autorskie młodej wokalistki. Obok oryginalnych kompozycji zespół sięga po muzykę świata i prezentuje ją w unikatowej formie. To połączenie wielu kierunków w muzyce, jednak całość została zachowana w stylistyce jazzowej. Inspiracją do powstania muzyki i tekstu stały się podróże do Nowego Jorku i Afryki, ale przede wszystkim "podróż artystki do wnętrza samej siebie", uważna obserwacja i analiza ludzkich zachowań i emocji. Większość utworów na płycie została wykonana w języku angielskim, wyjątek stanowi brazylijski utwór "E preciso perdoar" oraz oryginalna kompozycja do wiersza polskiej poetki Wisławy Szymborksiej, zatytułowanego "Jestem za blisko".

Karolina Śmietana tak tłumaczy tytuł swojego albumu: Tytuł płyty "Iluzja" jest nawiązaniem do wyobrażenia, które nosimy w sobie na temat świata, samych siebie, a przede wszystkim miłości. Iluzja miłości jest jedną z najpiękniejszych, jednocześnie najsilniejszych emocji, których doświadczamy w życiu. Przynosi radość, cierpienie, podniecenie, depresję, dezorientację, zrozumienie, uzależnienie i zniewolenie. "Emocje rodzą się z pożądania, stąd złudzenie" - Buddha. ---polskieradio.pl

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