Harmos - Krakow

Description

This CD is a re-release of 'Harmos - Krakow' by legendary free jazz bassist/composer Barry Guy as performed by his London Jazz Composers Orchestra, from the 6-CD box set 'Krakow 2020', published in 2022 by the Polish label Not Two Records.

From the liner notes by John Sharpe: "Fifty years and counting. In March 2020 one of the most important large groups in European jazz, The London Jazz Composers Orchestra celebrated its golden anniversary over three days in Krakow which culminated in the triumphant performance of "Harmos" heard here. Long a staple of the LJCO repertoire, with its beautiful central tune, it's one of leader Barry Guy's most approachable works. This rendition was powerful and moving, studded throughout with absolute dynamite individual contributions, and furnished a fitting conclusion to a fabulous event...It was an incredibly stirring and moving experience which well merited the consequent prolonged standing ovation. In his notes to the 1989 edition of "Harmos", Guy finished by saying "For this one I aimed for the soul!" He assuredly hit his target."

Barry Guy: bass, director
Agusti Fernandez: piano
Michael Niesemann, Jurg Wickihalder: alto saxophone
Torben Snekkestad: tenor & soprano saxophone
Simon Picard: tenor saxophone
Julius Gabriel: baritone saxophone
Konrad Bauer, Andreas Tschopp, Alan Tomlinson: trombone
Henry Lowther, Martin Eberle, Rich Laughlin: trumpet
Marc Unternahrer: tuba
Phil Wachsmann: violin
Bruno Chevillon: bass
Lucas Niggli: drums, percussion