To celebrate the bicentennial of Fryderyk Chopin's birth, Naïve are proud to re-issue, ‘Impressions on Chopin’ - a fascinating, charming and refreshing album that sees the internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Leszek Mozdzer perform his own arrangements of well known works by Chopin.

An outstanding pianist, composer and producer, multi-award winning Leszek Mozdzer is one of Poland’s best-loved and most successful jazz pianists. In Mozdzer’s world of music without nationality, the Polish mazurka works alongside ragtime, flamenco and Cuban calypso and the typically Chopin rubato is occasionally replaced by a swing pulse. The original harmony too becomes a field for experimentation, and with the piano significantly ’prepared’ the sound of the music is entirely different, indeed at times, light years from the Chopin of tradition. All arrangements are by Leszek Mozdzer, except tracks 4 and 15 which were arranged by Leszek Mozdzer and Madjid Khaladj. Following its initial release, ‘Impressions on Chopin’ garnered Mozdzer international acclaim and resulted in him being ranked as among the most outstanding pianists and virtuosos of his generation.