Arctic Riff
Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joe Lovano
Awards:
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, June 2020
Arctic Riff is an absolutely transfixing collaboration that makes the most of Lovano and Wasilewski's deeply empathetic skills.
Arctic Riff
Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joe Lovano
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Awards:
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, June 2020
Arctic Riff is an absolutely transfixing collaboration that makes the most of Lovano and Wasilewski's deeply empathetic skills.
About
The first-time teaming of Poland's dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and big-toned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced.
The alliance plays four new tunes by Marcin and one by Joe, as well as Carla Bley's classic "Vashkar" (in two variations), plus collective improvisations with strong input from all four players; Slawomir Kurkiewicz's bass skills are particularly well-deployed in the spontaneous piece "Arco". Joe will be joining the Polish trio for a number of selected concerts in the autumn.
Arctic Riff was recorded at France's Studio La Buissonne in August 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel: Joe Lovano: tenor saxophone; Marcin Wasilewski: piano; Slawomir Kurkiewicz: double bass; Michal Miskiewicz: drums
Contents and tracklist
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
- Joe Lovano (saxophone), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2019-08-11
- Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines
Awards and reviews
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AllMusicEditor's ChoiceJune 2020
June 2020
Arctic Riff is an absolutely transfixing collaboration that makes the most of Lovano and Wasilewski's deeply empathetic skills.
September 2020
Although it’s a less demanding recording than last year’s Trio Tapestry, the ensemble dialogue is always exquisite.
August 2020
Adding fuel to [the trio's] collective fire is saxophonist Joe Lovano. He appears on all 11 tracks on Arctic Riff and handles the gig with a remarkable amount of restraint. Lovano carefully picks his moments to draw focus away from the collective, as through his dancing, halting solo on Wasilewski’s “L’amour Fou.”
