tracks

Glimmer Of Hope
Vashkar
Cadenza
Fading Sorrow
Arco
Stray Cat Walk
L’Amour Fou
A Glimpse
Vashkar (Var.)
On The Other Side
Old Hat

notes

The first-time teaming of Poland’s dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and big-toned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays four new tunes by Marcin and one by Joe, as well as Carla Bley’s classic “Vashkar” (in two variations), plus collective improvisations with strong input from all four players; Slawomir Kurkiewicz’s bass skills are particularly well-deployed in the spontaneous piece “Arco”. Joe will be joining the Polish trio for a number of selected concerts in the autumn. Arctic Riff was recorded at France’s Studio La Buissonne in August 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

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credits

Design – Sascha Kleis
Double Bass – Sławomir Kurkiewicz
Drums – Michał Miśkiewicz
Engineer – Gérard De Haro
Mastered By – Nicolas Baillard
Photography By [Cover] – Thomas Wunsch
Piano – Marcin Wasilewski
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Lovano

companies

Recorded At – Studios La Buissonne
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH
Copyright (c) – ECM Records GmbH

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