Za górami

"London-based vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki teams up with pianist and drummer Fred Thomas and double bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado on a stylish and folk-tinged jazz album. 'Za Górami' incorporates folk songs, chamber music and improvisational jazz styles to meld a mesmerizing sound. The trio works hard and succeeds in the balancing act of offering a tune and providing more free-flowing passages ... The trio jitters with energy - overall contained but bursting forth here and there as the album progresses. A mysterioso lingers over the songs brought to life like ghosts dancing for a necromancer".

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"Jazz album of the month" - "'Za Górami' is mostly a slow-moving programme of beautifully conveyed wistful songs, but only exploratory and jazz-immersed musicians could have delivered them this way".

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"A delicately free-flowing, spacious, still-of-the-night affair with a sensitive less-is-more approach to ensemble dialogue. This collection of poetic folk song material showcases the London-born Zawadzki's excellent grasp of French, Polish, English, Latino-Spanish and Jewish Ladino in song ... Her phrasing is sophisticated yet instinctive and she injects drama, playfulness and tenderness into the songs with an acute awareness of meaning as well as the sound and silence around her ... An exquisite recording that penetrates a little deeper with every listen".

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"The trio, in their debut recording together, cast a wide net reaching from Poland to Argentina and enchant with a selection of works for Zawadzki's entrancing vocals, supported by plaintive piano, percussion, vielle and bass. Folk? Jazz? Chamber? World music? Who cares? It's an absolute delight".