Tomasz Stanko - Peyotl - Witkacy (1988) [Reissue 2004]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 496 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 186 MB | Covers - 18 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polonia Records (СD 037&038)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 496 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 186 MB | Covers - 18 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polonia Records (СD 037&038)
This is probably the most significant recording by Polish trumpeter virtuoso/composer Tomasz Stanko, surely at least among his Polish recordings before his later ECM period. Following Mile Davis, Stanko switched to Jazz-Rock Fusion (albeit a decade later) and his 1980s output with his Freelectronic ensemble is radically different from the Free Jazz he played in the 1970s. This double album consists of one studio recording and one live recording, both expressing Stanko's power as a performer and a composer to the max. The studio album, which was compiled over a period of two years, presents music composed by Stanko at the period when he was experimenting with hallucinogens and was deeply influenced by the writings of the Polish mystic / philosopher / avant-garde artist Witkacy (Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz), who was also an early experimenter with drugs…