(ACT) Germany's ACT label seems to be on a mission to introduce the world to Europe's rising new jazz-classical pianists. Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer is classically trained, but discovered jazz in his late teens. His solo debut for the label is, fittingly, a homage to one of Polish music's legends, the short-lived jazz pianist and movie-score composer Krzysztof Komeda. All eight pieces are Komeda's, and Możdżer gives them a romantic sheen (though one that's abraded by a dissonant urgency) ...
Guardian Music — (ACT) Germany's ACT label seems to be on a mission to introduce the world to Europe's rising new jazz-classical pianists. Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer is classically t... more info