Anka Koziel Quartet

Tales Of The Forest

What is possible in jazz can be heard in the debut CD of Anka Koziel. The young Polish singer (who studied at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague) goes back to the songs she grew up with. Her jazz versions of two songs of compatriot Chopin with texts by the poet S.Witwicki, three Polish folksongs, her own Spring Night inspired by Faurs Clair de lune and her Forest tale, with its instrumental suggestion of mysterious sounds of woods, fit together wonderfully. Romantic with pep; as well wild and high-spirited as dreamily enjoying the poetry: The force of spring, a very earthy Red berry blues (Czerwone jagody) up to the funnily jumpy Goldfish (Zlota rybka). The face I love, the only standard (M.Valle and R.Gilbert) fits like a glove with its first line Just think of things like daffodils and peaceful sheep on clovered hills. Koziels well-wrought arrangements guarantee the harmonious marriage of all these elements. Her international trio (Brice Soniano, bass, Oriol Roca, drums, Michal Vanoucek, piano) gets ample room for perfect counteraction with a beautiful role for the Slovak pianist.

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Format
CD - 1 disk
Release date
03-11-2008
Label
Item-nr
541274
EAN
9789078686071
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. WIOSNA (SPRING)5'18
2. SPRING NIGHT6'37
3. FOREST TALE8'01
4. CZERWONE JAGODY (RED BERRY BLUES)4'38
5. Z?OTA RYBKA (GOLDFISH)2'14
6. THE FACE I LOVE6'35
7. ZYCZENIE (THE WISH)3'29
8. PRELUDE CM7'49
9. HEJ, GORAL CI JA, GORAL (HILLY BILLY SONG)4'05