Recorded at the Muffathalle in Munich in September 2004, exactly 20 years ago, this unreleased concert by the Tomasz Stanko Quartet is a fascinating document in that it manages to capture on the fly this essential moment of transition during which the group embarked on an exciting evolutionary process. Starting from the repertoire of the album Suspended Night, largely composed of melodic themes belonging to the song form, to venture into an exploration of largely improvised territories that would give birth to the album Lontano. In retrospect, this Munich concert sounds like the culmination of a year during which the Stanko Quartet gave a record number of concerts both in Europe and the United States. The great Polish trumpeter himself appears here at his best, displaying in his playing a truly charismatic power, superbly inspired by the energetic support and sense of interplay of the group composed of Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz, these talented young musicians for whom he was then the mentor. This live album was produced by Manfred Eicher.
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