Expect to wait a very long time for a record as deep and meaningful to come along. A very introspective record, and the Wasilewski trio can be very intense and private as a default setting, that is one of their strengths. In their world there are no easy solutions, no cop-outs. Deeply filmic in a painterly sense Wasileswki does what Krzysztof Kieślowski, let alone Komeda did, to saturate the senses. The trio provide a vision that transports the imagination elsewhere. On a par with their greatest album to date which is Spark of Life the only track that doesn't quite work is the extensively refurbished Doors song 'Riders on the Storm' which is a mere bagatelle compared to the deepness everywhere else. Turn to the moving 'In Motion' tracks and linger long there instead. Is Wasilewski Europe's greatest living jazz pianist? It seems common sense, to say, at last, quite simply at this moment, yes. Michał Miśkiewicz, above left, Marcin Wasilewski, Sławomir Kurkiewicz
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