Spark of Life (album)

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Spark of Life
Spark of Life (Marcin Wasilewski album).jpg
Studio album by
Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014
RecordedMarch 2014
StudioAuditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
GenreJazz
Length73:44
LabelECM
ECM 2400
ProducerManfred Eicher
Marcin Wasilewski chronology
Faithful
(2010) 		Spark of Life
(2014)

Spark of Life is an album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski's Trio with saxophonist Joakim Milder recorded in 2014 and released on the ECM label.[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian4/5 stars[4]
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[5]

In JazzTimes Jeff Tamarkin wrote: "Wasilewski and his compatriots habitually roll out one stately, even-tempered melody after the next, giving each plenty of simmer time before ultimately coming out the other side, regardless of what happens along the way, without having broken a sweat. (This is an ECM record, after all.)".[6] The Guardian's critic John Fordham observed: "It’s all right up to Wasilewski Trio standards, and Milder is a shadowy but fascinating presence".[4] On All About Jazz John Kelman observed "Spark of Life is another stellar collection from a trio predicated on the value of longevity and leveraging the opportunities this now late-thirty-something trio has been afforded to build a language all its own ... With the addition of Milder on roughly half of this 74-minute program, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio has managed to retain its core strengths while adding something new to avoid any pitfalls of predictability".[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Marcin Wasilewski, except where indicated.
  1. "Austin" - 7:07
  2. "Sudovian" - 6:28
  3. "Spark of Life" - 6:33
  4. "Do Rycerzy, Do Szlachy, Do Mieszczan" (Pawel Krawczyk, Katarzyna Nosowska, Marcin Żabiełowicz) - 4:37
  5. "Message In a Bottle" (Sting) - 7:36
  6. "Sleep Safe and Warm" (Krzysztof Komeda) - 6:55
  7. "Three Reflections" - 8:33
  8. "Still" (Joakim Milder) - 6:44
  9. "Actual Proof" (Herbie Hancock) - 6:05
  10. "Largo" (Grażyna Bacewicz) - 8:05
  11. "Spark of Life" - 5:01

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM Releases accessed October 24, 2016
  2. ^ Marcin Wasilewski Catalog accessed October 24, 2016
  3. ^ Marcin Wasilewski Trio discography accessed October 24, 2016
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, October 24, 2014
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 24, 2016
  6. ^ Tamarkin, J. JazzTimes Review November 2014

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