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Spark of Life is an album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski's Trio with saxophonist Joakim Milder recorded in 2014 and released on the ECM label.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[4]
All About Jazz[5]

In JazzTimes Jeff Tamarkin wrote "Wasilewski and his compatriots habitually roll out one stately, even-tempered melody after the next, giving each plenty of simmer time before ultimately coming out the other side, regardless of what happens along the way, without having broken a sweat. (This is an ECM record, after all.)".[6] The Guardian critic John Fordham noted "It’s all right up to Wasilewski Trio standards, and Milder is a shadowy but fascinating presence".[4] On All About Jazz John Kelman observed "Spark of Life is another stellar collection from a trio predicated on the value of longevity and leveraging the opportunities this now late-thirty-something trio has been afforded to build a language all its own ... With the addition of Milder on roughly half of this 74-minute program, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio has managed to retain its core strengths while adding something new to avoid any pitfalls of predictability".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Marcin Wasilewski except as indicated

  1. "Austin" - 7:07
  2. "Sudovian" - 6:28
  3. "Spark of Life" - 6:33
  4. "Do Rycerzy, Do Szlachy, Do Mieszczan" (Pawel Krawczyk, Katarzyna Nosowska, Marcin Żabiełowicz) - 4:37
  5. "Message In a Bottle" (Sting) - 7:36
  6. "Sleep Safe and Warm" (Krzysztof Komeda) - 6:55
  7. "Three Reflections" - 8:33
  8. "Still" (Joakim Milder) - 6:44
  9. "Actual Proof" (Herbie Hancock) - 6:05
  10. "Largo" (Grażyna Bacewicz) - 8:05
  11. "Spark of Life" - 5:01

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM Releases accessed October 24, 2016
  2. ^ Marcin Wasilewski Catalog accessed October 24, 2016
  3. ^ Marcin Wasilewski Trio discography accessed October 24, 2016
  4. ^ a b Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, October 24, 2014
  5. ^ a b Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 24, 2016
  6. ^ Tamarkin, J. JazzTimes Review November 2014

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