Joachim Kühn - Komeda - Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIV [CD]

Act Music

£13.77

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ACT9972-2
Barcode: 0614427997227
Release Date: 21 Jul 2023
Genre: Jazz

 Krzysztof Komeda has legendary status in Polish jazz and was also one of the pioneers of European jazz. His wider fame resides largely in his work as a film composer - he wrote the soundtracks for all of Roman Polanski’s early films, notably ‘Dance of the Vampires’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. Komeda died tragically early in 1969, at the age of just 37, but left a hugely influential body of work.
 Joachim Kühn, now a jazz piano icon in his own right, is a great admirer of Komeda, whom he met in person in Warsaw in 1965. As part of the ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic’ concert series, curated by Siggi Loch, he performed a major tribute concert to him on 14th October 2022, playing at which in three formats: solo piano, with his New Trio, and alongside Poland’s Atom String Quartet.
 For a tribute to Komeda, there could be no better guide than German pianist and jazz icon Kühn. The two men knew each other, indeed Kühn was in the studio and listened to the ‘Astigmatic’ recording session in December 1965. The previous day, Komeda and Kühn had both played with their bands at the Warsaw Philharmonic: “For me, he was one of the great visionaries of European jazz, even then,” Kühn recalls.
 A very personal circle closes at the end of the ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIV’ Komeda concert. Joachim Kühn plays as an encore ‘My Brother Rolf’, in memory of his brother, who had died
shortly before.

Tracklisting
Astigmatic
Kattorna
Svantetic
After the Catastrophe
Moja Ballada
Crazy Girl
Sleep Safe and Warm
Roman II
Encore: My Brother Rolf