MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO w / JOAKIM MILDER - Spark Of Life (2014) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The fourth ECM album for the Wasilewski Trio adds a special guest, the lyrical Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder, whom the Poles came to know through performances with Tomasz Stanko’s Litania project. Amongst other affinities, the players share a love of Krzyzstof Komeda’s music, and Komeda’s “Sleep Safe and Warm” theme, written for Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby make a reappearance here. As ever, the Wasilewski group balances original material – intensely melodic new tunes by Marcin (including two variations of the beautiful title track) – with a daring range of covers, embracing Herbie Hancock, the Police’s “Message In A Bottle” and Slawomir Kurkiewicz’s arrangement of a composition by Grazyna Bacewicz, and reinforces its status as one of the most resourceful groups around. This is the trio’s second ECM appearance this year, following on from sterling work as Jacob Young’s rhythm section on Forever Young. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Austin 7'07
(Marcin Wasilewski)
2    Sudovian Dance 6'28
(Marcin Wasilewski)
3    Spark Of Life 6'33
(Marcin Wasilewski)
4    Do rycerzy, do szlachty, do mieszczan 4'37
(Pawel Krawczyk, Katarzyna Nosowska)
5    Message In A Bottle 7'36
(Sting)
6    Sleep Safe And Warm 6'55
(Krzysztof Komeda)
7    Three Reflections 8'33
(Marcin Wasilewski)
8    Still 6'44
(Joakim Milder)
9    Actual Proof 6'05
(Herbie Hancock)
10    Largo 8'05
(Grazyna Bacewicz)
11    Spark Of Life, Var. 5'01
(Marcin Wasilewski)
Credits :
Marcin Wasilewski   Piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz   Double Bass
Michal Miskiewicz   Drums
Joakim Milder   Tenor Saxophone