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Michal Urbaniak Quartet: Ask Me Now

Read "Ask Me Now" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Be Bop Be Bop Be Bop Be Bop Be Bop Be Bop It was not so long ago that I was reviewing a Columbia re-release of Urbaniak's Fusion. That recording found the violinist very much in a Jimi Hendrix/Miles Davis electronic mood (appropriate for the early '70s). While a landmark recording, Fusion did not age well. Uhm, what a difference 20 years makes because Urbaniak did age well. Urbaniak has grown all the way up and has chosen retrospection on ...

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Michal Urbaniak: Fusion

Read "Fusion" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Fusion. Polish violinist Michal Urbaniak’s recording Fusion was aptly named. Riding a wave of jazz-rock music, Urbaniak produced this enigmatic recording at once lyrical and noisy. Fusion is made up of seven originals, six of Urbaniak’s and one of keyboard player Wojciech Karolak. This music is percussion intensive and keyboard heavy. All compositions are very Rock oriented. Urbaniak’s violin is played with a variety of electronic modifications including phase shift and wah-wah.

Fisson. Urbaniak’s compositions contain Eastern European influences. The ...

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Ask Me Now

SteepleChase Records
2000

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Fusion

Columbia Records
1999

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Summer Cooler

Sonet/Universal
1990

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