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Soul of Things | 
| Artists: Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
Label: Ecm
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 57298
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 016374
UPC: 044001637421
EAN: 0044001637421
ASIN: B00005YPG8
Release Date: March 18, 2002
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Some new releases come with the word "classic" stamped invisibly on every note or phrase. Soul Of Things is just such a recording. Featuring 60-year-old Polish trumpet maestro Stanko in the company of a new, young yet already well honed trio of compatriots, this 75-minute, 13-part suite extends and distills the qualities of mellow swing, lyrical introspection and flaring assertion that distinguished Stanko's previous two ECM releases, the excellent Litania and From The Green Hill. If "Part 3" contains some of the most directly swinging, finger-clicking group music to be released on ECM for many a month, the concluding "Part 13" commences with Stanko solo, in ultra-poetic rubato mode. In between these thematically integrated extremes lie all manner of delights, with the level of interaction between Stanko and Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double-bass) and Michal Miskiewicz (drums) at times reminiscent of some of the finest moments of Belonging, the ECM classic of the 1970s with Jarrett, Garbarek, Danielsson and Christensen. This album is unmissable. --Michael Tucker
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 Superb jazz November 20, 2008
A great album.
The album title is apt - Stanko is a really soulful trumpet player, and mention in the previous review of Miles Davis Kind of Blue is spot on. It has that minimalist bluesy feel, subdued but deeply emotional.
The supporting trio of young Polish jazzers is very accomplished, as can be seen by the number of other ECM albums they've starting appearing on. Like Stanko himself, they seem to be adherents of the "less is more" principle - lots of space, control, nothing rushed or frenetic.
Recommended.
 Excellent Mellow Jazz Quintet August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm often wary of modern jazz, not really trusting it against the legendary recordings of Miles Davis, John Coltrane et al, during the late 50s/early 60s.
This record was recommended by a friend and I do have to say that I really like it.
For a jazz album, maybe it does have a few too many tracks, 13 in all. I loved the Davis/Coltrane albums where it was more usual to have 4-6 tracks.
Tomasz's quartet, trumpet, bass, piano and drums do a good job here. Music is reminiscent, especially track 3 of John Coltrane, albeit with trumpet instead of sax in his 1959-1961 era, especially in the backing. Very enjoyable. Other moments recall some of Miles Davis mellow stuff like Flamenco Sketches off the legendary Kind of Blue.
Well worth checking out, if you wish to expand your jazz collection up to more modern times.
If not then I'd recommend the following albums Miles Smiles, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis or Giant Steps, Crescent, Soultrane by John Coltrane from their acoustic periods. Also In A Silent Way from when Miles went electric, that is a mellow delight!
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