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Old Fashioned Mood

Paweł Palcowski

Label: Sj Records
Released: 2019
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Tracks

Announcement; Old Fashioned Mood; Speed Limit; Remembering Roy; Chicku-Chicku; Red; Bluesław

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Album Description

This is the debut album by young Polish Jazz trumpeter Paweł Palcowski recorded in a quintet setting with saxophonist Jakub Łępa, pianist Bogusław Kaczmar, bassist Maciej Kitajewski and veteran drummer Arek Skolik. Trombonist Szymon Klekowicki guests on one track. The album presents seven original compositions, all by Palcowski. As the album's title suggests, it pays tribute to the classic mainstream Jazz period of the 1950s and 1960s, when Bebop, Hard Bop and Cool Jazz ruled and the foundations and most mannerisms of modern Jazz were "carved in stone". Palcowski deliberately tries to reconstruct not only the typical compositions of the era but also the sound and feel of the period, utilizing the most popular setting of the time – the classic Jazz quintet. Although re-visiting that period, especially among the young generation of European Jazz musicians, is definitely less popular these days, and often even considered less ambitious, Palcowski manages to create a wonderful piece of music, which offers not only a nostalgic trip down the memory line but a bona fide mainstream Jazz album, which sounds as if it was a "lost" Blue Note treasure, found in the vaults. All the compositions on this album as every bit as solid, coherent and spirited as anything that can be heard on the albums recorded at the time, which is truly remarkable. A young musician, decades later and thousands of kilometers away is able to crack the genetic code of this music perfectly and make it his own, not copying but creating new tunes which have the same magic feeling. The performances are also perfect and ideally suiting this particular music. There is no spectacular soloing but a series of well structured solo performances by the trumpet, saxophone and piano, supported by the entire quintet and the steady rhythm section which does a perfect job. Overall this is a splendid debut album, which proves that the young generation of European Jazz musicians is not only aware of the tradition and the history, but is also able to embrace it lovingly. I had the pleasure to hear Palcowski many times live during his student years at the Katowice Music Academy and it was obvious that he is going places. Well done Sir! The soundtrack of my life - Adam Baruch

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