{"title":"Maciej Obara Quartet","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"frozen-silence","title":"Frozen Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrozen Silence is the third ECM release from alto saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eMaciej Obara\u003c\/strong\u003e's Polish-Norwegian quartet, bringing the story forward from \u003cem\u003eUnloved\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThree Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e, recordings which confirmed the ensemble's standing as one of the most strikingly original European bands of the present moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe quartet's creative sense of musical interplay is again to the forefront of this newest album, recorded in Oslo in the summer of 2022, which may be their strongest statement to date. Obara's new music optimally highlights his intuitive musical relationship with \u003cstrong\u003eDominik Wania\u003c\/strong\u003e, while \u003cstrong\u003eOle Morten Vagan\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGard Nilssen\u003c\/strong\u003e continually transcend rhythm section roles to interact persuasively with the saxophonist and the pianist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50393254920523,"sku":"2046678","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50393255936331,"sku":"2047679","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f2d47527_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726414416"},{"product_id":"unloved","title":"Unloved","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolish alto saxophone player Maciej Obara makes a striking ECM debut with Unloved, an album whose expressive range embraces tender lyricism and impassioned, fiery, powerful playing. With the exception of the title track - written by Krzysztof Komeda (spiritus rector of modern jazz in Poland) for Janusz Nasfeter's film of the same name - themes are by the highly inventive alto saxophonist. Obara emphasizes however that his themes \"serve as outlines, from which our sound is set free. My friends are amazing improvisers. I love their ability to move around freely in open spaces, and the way they shape and give colour to what I have in mind?It's more like composing in real time.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe players have been developing their concept for several years: Maciej Obara and pianist Dominik Wania, another major talent, first met in a Tomasz Stanko ensemble a decade ago. Since 2012 they have been joined by two highly creative Norwegian musicians, bassist Ole Morten Vågan and drummer Gard Nilssen. (Vågan's ECM credits include work with Thomas Strønen's Time Is A Blind Guide, while Nilssen can be heard on Mathias Eick's Skala.) Unloved was recorded at Oslo's Rainbow Studio in January 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Maciej Obara (alto saxophone), Dominik Wania (piano), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass), Gard Nilssen (drums)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464352239947,"sku":"1021022","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/495db11d-382d-4752-8aa8-32e152a3190f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727273231"},{"product_id":"three-crowns","title":"Three Crowns","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe half-Polish, half-Norwegian quartet led by fiery alto saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eMaciej Obara\u003c\/strong\u003e is gaining ground as one of the most exciting groups on the contemporary jazz scene. Both the band and its ECM debut \u003cem\u003eUnloved\u003c\/em\u003e were awarded the Fryderyk Prize in Poland in 2018, and early in 2019 the Obara Quartet also took first place at the BMW Jazz Awards in Munich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow comes the quartet’s second ECM album \u003cem\u003eThree Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e (named for the Trzy Korony mountains in Southern Poland). Its programme comprises six new pieces by Maciej and two free arrangements of compositions by Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010), \"\u003cem\u003eThree Pieces In Old Style (Part One)\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eLittle Requiem for a Polish Girl\u003c\/em\u003e.\" This is the first occasion on which the Gorecki family- whom Maciej came to know while living in Katowice, the composer’s hometown- has encouraged interpretations of the music by improvisers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo these pieces Maciej Obara and bandmates Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan and Gard Nilssen bring the intensity and focus that distinguishes their work in the vanguard of contemporary jazz. 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