Tomasz Stańko Quartet
Tomasz Stańko Quartet was the Polish group of trumpeter Tomasz Stańko (1942-2018) with pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Sławomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michał Miśkiewicz. Stańko first played with the three young musicians in 1993, and the line-up stayed together until a last concert in Warsaw in 2017. It recorded three studio albums for ECM, starting with Soul of Things in 2002. Wasilewski, Kurkiewicz and Miśkiewicz had come up together in Koszalin as the Simple Acoustic Trio, and Miśkiewicz was still a teenager when the quartet started.
September Night
Recorded at Munich’s Muffathalle twenty years ago, in September 2004, this previously-unreleased concert recording of the Tomasz Stanko Quartet is a fascinating document, capturing a developmental chapter in the music between the song forms of the Suspended Night repertoire and the improvised areas that the Polish musicians would explore on Lontano. The Munich show was a highlight in a year in which the Stanko Quartet played a record number of gigs, with extensive tours of the US and Europe. T…
Lontano
Lontano (ECM 1980, 2006) is the third ECM album by the Tomasz Stańko Quartet, with Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), recorded November 2005 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines.
Suspended Night
Second ECM album by Tomasz Stańko's Polish quartet with Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums). Recorded July 2003 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Soul of Things
Thirteen-part suite by the Tomasz Stańko Quartet: Stańko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), all compositions by Stańko. Recorded August 2001 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1788, 2002.
