JazzKLUB / Marcin Masecki Trio / Thelonious Monk’s New Incarnation

Date & Time

Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 19:30

Venue

Narodowej Orkiestry Symfonicznej Polskiego Radia, Chamber Hall (Katowice)

„He’s got time!” is what Tomasz Stańko used to say about Thelonious Monk, but he could just as well say the same about Marcin Masecki. „He has time” – meaning that he is its master, stretching it or condensing it, with disregard for any rules whatsoever, except those he created himself. Monk felt the basic dimension of reality and expressed it in his music unlike anyone else – so it is with Masecki. The artistic kinship between the two artists... Read full text

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Musicians

Marcin Masecki	Piano
Eldar Tsalikov	Clarinet
Jan Pieniążek	Drums

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