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Artist: Mencel, Joachim
Title: Brooklyn Eye
Format: CD
Label: ORIGIN RECORDS  ( http://originarts.com )
Catalog Number:82806
Barcode:805558280627 itemnumber=1000124745
Price: $16.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: JAZZ
Release Date: 9/18/2020
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes:
Modern Jazz Quartet 


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Promotional Info
International performances; 340 US radio contacts serviced including JazzWeek reporting stations & 100 Press contacts

"Above all...Joachim's phrases...have this melodious charm, which is available to only the greatest of pianists." - Paw Baranowski, Diapazon (Poland). Celebrated Polish pianist, composer, lyricist, and a foremost proponent of modern jazz on the hurdy-gurdy (vielle a roue), Joachim Mencel has a wide-ranging career composing for film, orchestras and ballet, touring with his jazz projects, or appearances with giants such as Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, Richard Galliano, Dave Liebman, Eddie Henderson, Charlie Mariano, and many others.Though he's experienced performing in America before, including being a part of the Monk Piano Competition in 1989, "Brooklyn Eye" is the realization of a dream forged in his youth behind the iron curtain. Recording compositions that were informed by the culture, musicians, harmonies and feelings of America, and then to record in New York City with several vital improvisors whose music has inspired him for years - guitarist Steve Cardenas, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Rudy Royston - Mencel terms Brooklyn Eye, "a symbolic, idyllic place where dreams come true." Recorded the day after Notre Dame Cathedral burned in Paris, a palpable melancholy presided over the session, adding further dimension to this pivotal experience in Mencel's musical life.

Track Listing
 1. 
[6:33]  I'm Yo Man 

 2. 
[3:32]  The Things 

 3. 
[7:33]  Two Pieces with Beatrice 

 4. 
[7:24]  Full Immersion 

 5. 
[3:00]  Photosynthesis 

 6. 
[6:14]  Arrowsic 

 7. 
[3:56]  Come Holy Spirit 

 8. 
[7:10]  Psalm 88 

 9. 
[7:44]  The Last of the Mohicans 

10. 
[9:18]  Pelican 


Performers on this Album
Joachim Mencel - piano, hurdy-gurdy (vielle a roue)
Steve Cardenas - guitar
Scott Colley - bass
Rudy Royston - drums
Additional Technical Information Available For This Album
Release Format: CD         
Original Recording Location: Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Original Recording Engineer: Aaron Nevezie
Mastering Facility: MS Acoustics, Katowice, Poland
Mastering Engineer: Mateusz Sołtysik
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