
In the beautiful movie, "Cinema Paradiso", the old projectionist Alfredo advises the boy Salvatore (Toto), "Get out of here! Go back to Rome. You're young and the world is yours. I'm old. I don't want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you. Don't come back. Don't think about us. Don't look back. Don't write. Don't give in to nostalgia. Forget us all. If you do and you come back, don't come see me. I won't let you in my house. Understand?" Salvatore pauses, replies, "Thank you. For everything you've done for me." Alfredo looks at him. "Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt." The Polish pianist, Marcin Wasilewski, loves what he does. In his trio work with Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass) and Michal Miskiewicz (drums), he creates a modern sound of deep beauty. Wasilewski rose to prominence as the pianist for trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, bringing a gorgeous, impressionistic palette to Stanko's sound, and that quality shines through on "January" as well, Wasilewski's second outing as a leader. Marcin Wasilewski does not think like other jazz pianists. His improvisational underpinnings, his sense of musical space and his aural imagery are so fresh they are mysterious, disarming. He is a player of great emotional depth and undeniable skill. On Ennio Morricone's composition, "Cinema Paradiso", Wasilewski's trio delivers a masterful performance.
Marcin
Wasilewski
Trio
Cinema
Paradiso
January
Polish
Jazz
Piano
Slawomir
Kurkiewicz
Michal
Miskiewicz
Tomasz
Stanko
paganmaestro