Edito de Nostalgic Journey - Tykocin Jazz Suite1-3 Introduction 1 (2:29) movement 1: 0 - 2:29 2 (3:12) movement 2: 2:30 - 5:42 3 (2:51) movement 3: 5:43 - 8:34 4 (10:25) Nostalgic Journey 5 (10:43) Let?s All Go To Heaven 6-7 No Words? 7 (2:25) movement 1- 2:25 8 (9:39) movement 2 - 2:26 - 12:05 9 12:49) Magic Seven 10 (5:18) Blue Rain Randy Brecker, trumpet Wlodek Pawlik Trio: Wlodek Pawlik, piano Pawel Panita, double bass Cezary Konrad, drums The Symphony Orchestra of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bialystok Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski, conductor Recorded at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Concert Hall in Bialystok ? July 2008 --------------------------- An amazing journey and story that began in 1994 when Randy Brecker met Wlodek Pawlik in Germany when the well-known, award winning Polish pianist played with the Western Jazz Quartet. This meeting would make sense 11 or so years later, when Randy's brother, Michael, was diagnosed with leukemia. Randy, along with his family immediately began looking for eastern Euro donors; family or relatives were believed to be the best match. Making contact with Wlodek, they traced Brecker's relatives to an area in Poland: Tykocin (his mother's maiden name [and still the name of the Rabbi in the local ancient synagogue] was Tecosky). In honour of this discovery, Wlodek wrote the Tykocin Jazz Suite ? the musical story of Randy?s ?Nostalgic Journey? and homecoming. "This music is a great affirmation of life,? notes Randy. ------------------- alleluia Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. -David?s Psalm 149 Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet Praise him with the harp and lyre! -David?s Psalm 150 I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. -David?s Psalm 146 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. (?) This knowledge is beyond me. It?s lofty. I can?t attain it. Where could I go from your Spirit Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! If I say: ?Surely the darkness with overwhelm me; even the darkness doesn?t hide from you, Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. -David?s Psalm 139 ---- ?words from the composer ? Could I in my own words express the inexpressible context of this musical meeting? Are all these thoughts, quoted from aforementioned David?s Psalms, adequate? In my deep conviction ?Nostalgic Journey: Tycoin Jazz Suite? is one of the stops in the human?s pilgrimage ? the place of relaxation?and reflection of ourselves and the world. ?I will sing praises to God as long as I exist?? - Wlodek Pawlik ---------------------------- "Mr Pawlik can be equally described as the Vladimir Horowitz of jazz or the Oscar Peterson of classical music. In other words: he is completely his own man and everybody should hear him play." -Who's Who at the North Sea Jazz Festival Wlodek Pawlik (b. 1958) graduated from the Musical Academy in Warsaw and from Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Hamburg, where he received his classical piano training under the direction of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska in 1984. He also studied jazz music a Hochschule fuer Musik in Hamburg graduating in 1990. Wlodek has recorded and released sixteen albums as a leader and has won numerous domestic and international music contests including the Grand Prix at the International Jazz Competition in Dunkerque, France and the 2nd prize at the International Jazz Competition Contest in Monaco. He has been honored many times as the Jazz Musician of the Year by Warsaw?s legendary jazz club Akwarium and by Jazzi Magazine. His other recording with Randy Brecker, ?Turtles?, was reviewed as ??outstanding?? His over thirty-year career has reached all the continents. He has performed in Asia and the USA, as well as in Australia and Europe. ?The Age? daily magazine hailed his tour of Australia as one of the ?musical events of the year 2002?. As a film composer, he has composed music for such renowned films as ?The Crows? and ?Time to Die? directed by Dorota Kedzierzawska, as well as Peter Greenaway?s ?Nightwaching?. In addition, and most recently, Wlodek composed the music for Marleen Gorris? ?Within the Whirlwind? starring Emily Watson. His virtuoso pianistics and outstanding improvising capabilities combined with his composing talent give his audiences the pleasure of the commune with a very special artist. ----------------------------- Randy Brecker has been shaping the sound of music for decades. His performances have graced hundreds of albums by an incredibly wide range of artists. His history is as varied as it is distinguished. Born in Philadelphia (1945) to a piano-playing father, and a mother with the maiden name of Tecosky (the journey of this recording), Randy spent summers in stage-band camps where he got his earliest experience in ensemble playing. He began playing R&B and funk in local bar bands while in his teens. ?60s? In 1966, he moved to New York City where some of his first gigs were with infamous big bands. Randy also began his foray into jazz-rock by joining Blood, Sweat and Tears. In 1968, he recorded his first album as a leader, ?Score?, which also featured 19 year-old brother, Michael, on saxophone. ?70s? After Horace Silver, Randy joined forces with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers before teaming up with brother Michael, Barry Rogers, Billy Cobham, and John Abercrombie to form the seminal fusion group Dreams for two adventurous and wildly-acclaimed albums. In 1972 Randy was back with Horace Silver, teaming up with brother Michael as the front line in Horace's quintet. By now, the brothers had become two of the most in-demand studio musicians of the day. (They would become a band of immeasurable influence and impact.) ?80s? After the Brecker Brothers parted in 1982, Randy recorded and toured extensively with Jaco Pastorius, recording the famous ?Word of Mouth? album. In 1986, Randy produced, composed and arranged his first acoustic jazz album. Through the end of the ?80s Randy toured several times as a leader. In 1989 under the auspices of the US State Department, he toured Eastern Europe before the fall of Communism. In that same year, he performed a sold out week at the Albert Hall In London with Eric Clapton. ?90s? In 1992, exactly ten years after they disbanded, Randy and Michael joined forces again in a much-heralded reunion featuring a world tour and the triple-Grammy nominated recording, ?The Return of the Brecker Brothers? only to follow it up in the Fall of 1994 with the double-Grammy winning ?Out of the Loop.? During this period, Randy began recording his first solo album in six years, ?Into the Sun,? which won him his first Grammy as a soloist in 1998. ?00s Randy?s first two solo releases of the decade were welcome to great reviews. The powerful ?Some Skunk Funk? with brother Michael and the WDR Big Band was released in 2005 and was the recipient of two Grammy Awards. His ?Randy in Brasil? (MAMA Records) was released in 2008 and was recognized with the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Randy Brecker continues to influence and inspire young musicians, and throughout the years, has been in constant demand as a clinician, performing at colleges and universities the world over. ------------------ The Bia?ystok Symphony Orchestra was established in 1954. In 1974 the Orchestra received the status of State Philharmonic. Two years later it moved to a new and beautiful concert hall. Thanks to this it could embark on regular presentations of an ambitious and wide-ranging repertoire, including large-scale oratorio and cantata works and organ pieces, as well as the organization of festivals and competitions. In 2005, in view of its dynamic development and preparations for the opening in 2010 of a new opera and concert hall, The Bia?ystok Philharmonic changed its name to The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic. On September 9, 2005, during the inauguration of the 2005/2006 artistic season, the Minister of Culture, Waldemar D?browski and the Marshal of the Podlasie Province, Janusz Kazimierz Krzy?ewski, signed a declaration establishing The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic ? the European Centre of Culture in Bialystok as an institution of national culture. The long list of renowned conductors and solists who have performed with the Bia?ystok Philharmonic includes; Jan Krenz, Jerzy Katlewicz, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Antoni Wit, Jacek Kaspszyk, Wojciech Michniewski, Tadeusz Struga?a, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Józef Stompel, Regina Smendzianka, Lidia Grychto?ówna, Krystian Zimerman, Wanda Wi?komirska, Kaja Danczowska, ?wiatos?aw Richter, Garrik Ohlsson, Shlomo Mintz, Piotr Paleczny, Nelson Goerner, Kevin Kenner. In the regular series of monographic concerts, the Bia?ystok Philharmonic has played host to such famous composers as Witold Lutos?awski, Henryk Miko?aj Górecki, Jan ?wider, Krzysztof Penderecki, Wojciech Kilar i Krzesimir D?bski. Thanks to its long-standing contacts with the Institutes of Austrian, French, Hungarian, Japanese and Korean Culture, the Bia?ystok Philharmonic has worked with leading foreign conductors, soloists and ensembles. Foreign tours have taken the orchestra to Italy, France, Germany, Austria and the United States. In addition to regular concerts in its hometown, the orchestra performs regularly in venues and at festivals throughout Poland. The Orchestra of the Bia?ystok Philharmonic has recorded several CDs under the baton of Marcin Na??cz-Niesio?owski and devotes much of its attention to music education. The group organizes an average of 900 themed symphonic and chamber concerts annually for children of all age groups. Since 1994 the Bia?ystok Philharmonic has run the National Competition for Young Conductors named after Witold Lutos?awski. The aim of the event - the only one of its type in Poland - is the promotion of young conductors, assisting them to pursue an artistic career in Poland and abroad. --------- The Orchestra's successive conductors and artistic directors: Kazimierz Z?ocki (1954-1955), Leon Hanek (1955-1958), Jan Kulaszewicz (1958-1971), Tadeusz Chachaj (1971-1989), and Miros?aw Jacek B?aszczyk (1990-1996). Marcin Na??cz-Niesio?owski was appointed the orchestra?s Managing and Artistic Director in 1997. Marcin Na??cz-Niesio?owski Marcin Na??cz Niesio?owski was born in 1972 in Gdynia. In 1996 he graduated with honours from Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, where he studied symphonic and opera conducting with professor Bogus?aw Madey. Since January 1997 he has served as the Managing and Artistic Director of the Bia?ystok Philharmonic. He is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the ?Filharmonia? Orchestra in Warsaw and a guest conductor of the Grand Theatre ? National Opera in Warsaw. In September 2005 he was appointed the Managing and Artistic Director of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic. Marcin Na??cz-Niesio?owski conducts varied concert activities working closely with many symphony orchestras in Poland and abroad and performing at numerous music festivals. He has performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio in Warsaw and the Symphony Orchestra of National Polish Radio in Katowice. Foreign tours have taken him to the United States, Russia, Mexico, Morocco, Spain and Belgium, where he participated in the ?Europalia? Festival with the Wroc?aw ?Leopoldinum? Orchestra. He has won a number of music competitions including First Prize at the National Violin and Viola Competition in Elbl?g. In 2001 he received the prestigious ?Ad Astra? Award from the Minister of Culture, which is given to young, talented artists. In 2004 he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit for his contribution to the development of culture and for his artistic achievement, while in June 2006 he was presented with the "Gloria Artis - for Services to Culture" Silver Medal. Marcin Na??cz-Niesio?owski?s discography includes over a dozen CDs, two of which have won nominations for the ?Fryderyk? awards of the Polish recording industry, numerous recordings for radio and television, as well as recordings of popular and film music. ------------- Randy Brecker is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished jazz trumpeters of all time and has left his permanent mark in jazz music history. Here, gifted and renowned jazz pianist and film composer, Wlodek Pawlik, has composed and created a ?Nostalgic Journey?, inspired by Randy?s qwest for Brecker family bloodlines, and his eventual homecoming to Poland. 1-3 Introduction 1 (2:29) movement 1: 0 - 2:29 2 (3:12) movement 2: 2:30 - 5:42 3 (2:51) movement 3: 5:43 - 8:34 4 (10:25) Nostalgic Journey 5 (10:43) Let?s All Go To Heaven 6-7 No Words? 7 (2:25) movement 1- 2:25 8 (9:39) movement 2 - 2:26 - 12:05 9 12:49) Magic Seven 10 (5:18) Blue Rain Randy Brecker, trumpet Wlodek Pawlik Trio: Wlodek Pawlik, piano Pawel Panita, double bass Cezary Konrad, drums The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski, conductor Lire la suite