Artist : Piotr Figiel
Title : Piotr-Organy Hammonda (1971)
Genre : Jazz+Funk
Year : 2009
Date : 03/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 09
Label : Bureau B BB22
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 40:06 min
Size : 60,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.piece of space 07:46
02.absence 04:57
03.bit of spring, bit of summer 03:39
04.graduated gallery slave 04:45
05.5x5 = 55 03:50
06.breakfast at midnight 04:23
07.never on tuesday 03:01
08.prelude in e minor 04:12
09.away i'll go 03:33
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40:06 min
In a nutshell: Organy Hammonda represents some of
the finest material to emerge from the heyday of Polish
jazz, complete with hefty breaks and big
Hammond sounds. Only on vinyl, donÆt forget!
Word has got around that Poland is home to an
excellent jazz scene, and has been for some time!
There are still many treasures to be unearthed,
which suits us fine as a reissues label and can
only be good news for connaisseurs of
distinguished music. Our first excursion into Polish
jazz saw us return with a fresh vinyl pressing of
Henryk DebichÆs String Beat (BB 11) in mid-2008.
Now for our second trick: Piotr FigielÆs Organy
Hammonda (also filed under Piotr), recorded in
1971, a vinyl only release, naturally, mastered from
the original tapes of the Polish record company by
the name of Pronit (catalogue number SXL0801).
Highly talented pianist, (film) composer and arranger
Piotr Figiel is one of PolandÆs most celebrated
musicians. He boasts a vast armoury of hits, albeit in
the smoother terrain of popular music, and was one
of the countryÆs most sought after jazz pianists,
featuring on many albums, before he settled into a more
mainstream mode. Organy Hammonda was his first
solo album, arranged by himself, of course. Other
soloists who can be heard on the record include
Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Janusz Muniak (flute, tenor
sax) and Janusz Stefanski (drums).
You donÆt need a degree in Polish to work out which
instrument dominates Organy Hammonda. Piotr Figiel
had just got back from a three year stint in
Scandinavia (whose press dubbed him ôthe Polish
Bacharachö) where he discovered the joys of the
Hammond organ. Home again, he wasted no time in
working his new favourite instrument into recordable
arrangements.
The results were fantastic: without hiding his jazz roots,
Piotr Figiel navigates a course through latin, funk, rock,
fusion and easy listening on Organy Hammonda û all
with a chugging breakbeat and heavy Hammond sound.
Sporadic scats add extra spice here and there, although
the LP is predominantly instrumental.
Towards the end of side two, Piotr even ventures into
classical territory û or so one might think, yet anyone
who remembers the song Jane B. on the first Jane
Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg album will recognize the
Anglo-French sex symbol and her amour as a greater
source of inspiration than Chopin. Not a bad reference,
in any case...
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