Live - Cinemo Paradiso

Here's some live jazz from a piano trio that, for a change, isn't The Bad Plus. Of course everyone who reads this knows how much I love The Bad Plus, and I seem to have introduced/converted some of you to their greatness as well. However part of the reason I post jazz here is to introduce people who don't normally listen to jazz to exceptional music. The other part is because I still haven't got my jazz blog up and running yet.

Anyway. Here's the Marcin Wasilewski Trio. Contrast them to, say, The Bad Plus, or the Esbjörn Svensson Trio and it'll give you a good example of how different and versatile piano trio jazz can be. All three bands had the same instruments and play the same genre but their music is easily recognisable as different from the others. The thing that unites them is the quality of the music.

This interpretation of Ennio Morricone's composition is a very laid back, beautiful peice of music. It has Slawomir Kurkiewicz playing his contrabass with a bow to start the song and Michal Miskiewicz drums with brushes. These are two of my favourite sounds in music.

Cinemo Paradiso (mp3) - Marcin Wasilewski Trio, live.