The raw sound of classical jazz trio with European character.
1. Cool Madness
2. Hidden
3. Tale
4. Domino
5. Cheshire Cat
6. Lady With A Weasel
7. Transcendental
Maciej Obara - saxophone
Dominik Wania - piano
Maciej Garbowski - bass
Krzysztof Gradziuk - drums
Maciej Obara is a young Polish composer and alto saxophonist. His career started after recording "Message from Ohayo" in 2006, with which he won the Bielska Zadymka Jazz Contest for young jazz bands.
In the year 2008 Obara organized a tour in Poland with Antoine Roney, the prominent jazz saxophone player from USA.
In 2008 he was also recommended by Manfred Eicher(ECM) to Tomasz Stanko, which resulted in their frutful cooperation. During this period Maciej Obara recorded and performed music for the Tomas Stanko "Terminal 7" show in National Theatre, he participated in the international project called "Tomasz Stanko Special Project" during the Autumn Jazz Festival 2007 and cooperated with Stanko in his project "New Balladyna Quartet".
In January 2008 Maciej Obara Trio released a new recording "I can do it", which received th enthusiastic reviews in press.
In November 2009 the leader of the band presented his new project - "Obara Special Quartet", into which he invited musicians from NY School of
Improvisational Music: Ralph Alessi - trumpet, Mark Helias - bass, Nasheet Waits - drums.
The 2009 autumn tour with Alessi, Helias and Waits lead to the recording in NY studio Systemstwo.
During the winter workshop in Brooklyn Academy of Music Obara recorded also the second album titled "Three" with Harvey Sorgen and John Lindberg.
In 2011 Obara has began a new project with a great polish piano jazz player Dominik Wania. Both musicians have met in a band of Tomasz Stanko for the first time and this cooperation has triggered a great musical friendship between these two talented polish artists. Their work resulted with a recording called "Equilibrium".
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1. Cool Madness
2. Hidden
3. Tale
4. Domino
5. Cheshire Cat
6. Lady With A Weasel
7. Transcendental
Maciej Obara - saxophone
Dominik Wania - piano
Maciej Garbowski - bass
Krzysztof Gradziuk - drums
Maciej Obara is a young Polish composer and alto saxophonist. His career started after recording "Message from Ohayo" in 2006, with which he won the Bielska Zadymka Jazz Contest for young jazz bands.
In the year 2008 Obara organized a tour in Poland with Antoine Roney, the prominent jazz saxophone player from USA.
In 2008 he was also recommended by Manfred Eicher(ECM) to Tomasz Stanko, which resulted in their frutful cooperation. During this period Maciej Obara recorded and performed music for the Tomas Stanko "Terminal 7" show in National Theatre, he participated in the international project called "Tomasz Stanko Special Project" during the Autumn Jazz Festival 2007 and cooperated with Stanko in his project "New Balladyna Quartet".
In January 2008 Maciej Obara Trio released a new recording "I can do it", which received th enthusiastic reviews in press.
In November 2009 the leader of the band presented his new project - "Obara Special Quartet", into which he invited musicians from NY School of
Improvisational Music: Ralph Alessi - trumpet, Mark Helias - bass, Nasheet Waits - drums.
The 2009 autumn tour with Alessi, Helias and Waits lead to the recording in NY studio Systemstwo.
During the winter workshop in Brooklyn Academy of Music Obara recorded also the second album titled "Three" with Harvey Sorgen and John Lindberg.
In 2011 Obara has began a new project with a great polish piano jazz player Dominik Wania. Both musicians have met in a band of Tomasz Stanko for the first time and this cooperation has triggered a great musical friendship between these two talented polish artists. Their work resulted with a recording called "Equilibrium".
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