Founded by a Polish jazz pianist and composer Marcel Baliński, the Marcel Baliński Trio made its debut appearance at the Warsaw SPATiF Club in the early winter of 2019, presenting compositions included on this album.
The sonoristic explorations, and the intelligent manipulation of primitivist harmony, which is scuppered into dissonance by the ebb and flow of emotion, betray the group’s chief inspirations – the neoclassicism of Igor Stravinsky and the achievements of the post-war European avant- garde.
Although Baliński writes for the traditional jazz trio, he rejects the conventional division of labour presupposed by the format. As a result, Baliński’s music moves away from the standard head-solo-head framework, towards organically developing structures. Most compositions presented on Opalenizna i Wiatr (Suntan and Wind) weave successive layers of improvisation around the kernel of short, asymmetrical phrases. The trio tows a powerful cargo of harmonic contrasts, untamed improvisation and tender, yet subtle, melody. By seeking innovation in the realm of jazz trio expression, Baliński presents a well thought out and persuasive debut.
1. Spadochroniarz 06:46
2. Żołnierzyk 05:46
3. Marmur 05:20
4. Opalenizna i Wiatr 09:50
5. Nienamolny Aksamitny 04:15
6. Wariacje 09:32
Marcel Baliński - upright piano, keyboard (6)
Franciszek Pospieszalski - double bass
Krzysztof Szmańda - drums, vibes (5)
Recorded in 2020 at the Tonn Studio in Łódź, Poland
