805558280627

Brooklyn Eye

Joachim Mencel, Steve Cardenas, Scott Colley & Rudy Royston

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Format: CD

Cat No: ORIGIN82806

Release Date:  12 February 2021

Label:  Origin Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  805558280627

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    Celebrated Polish pianist, composer, lyricist, and a foremost proponent of modern jazz on the hurdy-gurdy (vielle à roue), Joachim Mencel has a wide-ranging career composing for film, orchestras and ballet, touring with his jazz projects, or appearances with giants such as Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, Richard Galliano, Dave Liebman, Eddie Henderson, Charlie Mariano, and many others.Though he's experienced performing in America before, including being a part of the Monk Piano Competition in 1989, "Brooklyn Eye" is the realization of a dream forged in his youth behind the iron curtain. Recording compositions that were informed by the culture, musicians, harmonies and feelings of America, and then to record in New York City with several vital improvisors whose music has inspired him for years - guitarist Steve Cardenas, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Rudy Royston - Mencel terms Brooklyn Eye, "a symbolic, idyllic place where dreams come true." Recorded the day after Notre Dame Cathedral burned in Paris, a palpable melancholy presided over the session, adding further dimension to this pivotal experience in Mencel's musical life.

    "Above all...Joachim's phrases...have this melodious charm, which is available to only the greatest of pianists." - Pawe? Baranowski, Diapazon (Poland)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. I'm Yo Man
      • 2. The Things
      • 3. Two Pieces With Beatrice
      • 4. Full Immersion
      • 5. Photosynthesis
      • 6. Arrowsic
      • 7. Come Holy Spirit
      • 8. Psalm
      • 9. The Last Of The Mohicans
      • 10. Pelican