Juraj Stanik Trio - The Deep [LP]

Cat. no: CRLP73541
Format: LP
Barcode: 608917354126
Release Date: 10 Feb 2023
Genre: Jazz

The recording, The Deep

is anything but monochrome, as you can hear from the title track written by Jasper Blom, inspired by the flm of the same name. Also Eddie Harris's 'Freedom jazz dance', which we know from Harris's own version with Cedar Walton on piano and the version by Miles Davis (with Herbie Hancock) on the celebrated extended bootleg version. With Juraj, it gains a masterfully controlled, contagious groove that's hard to get out of your mind. When Juraj Stanik asks you to write something for the sleeve of his new recording, you certainly don't say 'no'. In my case, bolstered by years of experience of his work, from the outstanding group 'Five Up High' through to his trio CDs like 'Shaken not stirred', 'Wow' and 'Inside out'. It always was, and still remains, a great pleasure to listen to Juraj. His playfulness with musical forms, his unexpected, funny but always controlled fantasies and that consistent, unmissable swing with his colleagues on bass and drums, all following the same groove. Jazz that I always regarded as a sort of homecoming. 

Tracks: I'll Close My Eyes / You Know I Care / The Deep / The Feeling of Jazz / Freedom Jazz Dance / More Than Ever / Chasin' Joe / Close Enough For Love 

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