A rare document of extraordinary encounter between Jacek Kochan and John Abercrombie recorded at CBC Studio, Toronto, Canada, June 11th, 1996.
Jacek Kochan / John Abercrombie / Pat Labarbara / Jim Vivian
Standard Transmission
Label: GOWI (1997)
Catalogue No: CD 41
Format: CD
Tracks:
- Nardis
- Gonz's Mood
- Lullaby
- I Love You
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- I Wished on the Moon
- Blue Forest
Line-up:
John Abercrombie - guitar
Pat LaBarbera - tenor and soprano saxophone
Jim Vivian - bass
Jacek Kochan - drums
Recorded:
at CBC Studio, Toronto, Canada, June 11th, 1996
About:
Jacek Kochan, composer, arranger, producer and drummer begun his adventure with music in seventies.
In early 80-ties he moved to New York. There he have played and recorded with jazz, funk and r&b bands and studied among the others.with Jaco Pastorius, Mike Clark, Robbie Gonzales.
By the mid 80's, Jacek moved to Montreal, where he further expanded his musical lexicon to include writing for choirs and orchestra (Tudor Singers, Repercussion) as well as playing and recording ethnic music (latin , african , balkan). There he worked with Michel Donato, Karen Young, Andrew Leroux, Yannick Rieu, Oliver Jones, Jean-Pierrre Zanella, Michel Cusson, Katleen Dyson, Helmut Lipsky, Lazaro Saucedo, Geoff Lapp, Johnny Scott and many others, perfoming at the clubs and jazz festivals.
In 1990 , after moving to Toronto, he started to work as a leader and sideman in countless live and recording projects with artists like John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Pat Labarbera, Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson, Mike Murley, Neil Swainson, Reggie Schwager, Lorne Lofsky, Bernie Senensky, John MacLeod, Dave Restivo and Brian Dickinson.
In 1995 he returned to Europe where he continues to compose, play, tour and record music with artists like Dave Liebman, Gary Thomas, Joey Calderazzo, Palle Mikkelborg, Eddie Henderson, Dave Tronzo, Briggan Krauss, Cuong Vu, Eric Vloeimans, Lars Danielsson, Eddie Schuller, Skerik, Tomas Stanko, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Adam Pieronczyk, Piotr Wojtasik, Assif Tsahar, Tomasz Szukalski, Maciej Sikala and Piotr Baron.
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