J.P. Wroblewski: S.P.P.T. Chalturnik / Studio Jazzowe PR

S.P.P.T. Chalturnik
 (Stowarzyszenie Popierania Prawdziwej Tworczosci)
Studio Jazzowe PR

Label: Poljazz/ Anex , 1973/2009
Catalogue No: AN 312
Format: CD digipak, (24-bit re-mastered from original master tapes)
Condition: GENUINE, BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED

Tracks:

1. Melodia z filmu "Love Story"
2. Eleganciaro
3. Ruiny Babilonu - Marsz turecki
4. Żegnaj, żegnaj czarny ptaku
5. Licz tylko na chwile szczęśliwe
6. Słoneczny chłopak i słodka Sue, czyli Alexander's Swanee River Ragtime Band
7. Koncert podwójny na pięciu solistów i orkiestrę (Jan Jarczyk)


Line up:

Track 1-6 performed by Chalturnik:

Zbigniew Namysłowski – sax alt
Janusz Muniak – sax tenor
Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski – leader, sax tenor
Tomasz Szukalski – clarinet, bassclarinet, sax tenor (2)
Andrzej Piela– tuba
Wojciech Karolak – keyboards
Tomasz Ochalski - piano
Bronisław Suchanek – contrabass
Czesław Bartkowski – drums

Track 7 performed by Studio Jazzowe PR:

Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski – leader, conductor
Jan Jarczyk - piano
Tomasz Stańko - trumpet
Zbigniew Seifert - violin
Tomasz Szukalski - soprano sax
Janusz Muniak - tenor sax
Stu Martin - drums
Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto sax

About:

The 1970s, the third decade of Jan 'Ptaszyn' Wroblewski's career, he truly became an indispensable ingredient in the many flavors being created in Polish Jazz. Wroblewski was already an accomplished tenor and baritone player in a variety of bands, leading his own small groups with straight-ahead inclinations and a love of Horace Silver phrasing. But the accomplishments of his small bands have become obscured by his much closer association with free jazz inclined 'Studio Jazzowe Polskiego Radia' - part venue for free expression by virtuosos and soloists and part workshop for musicians and composers.

What might have been initially a joke, or the result of the willful consumption of too much liquid distillated from Polish potatoes, another forum for Wroblewski's expression in the 1970s was S.P.T.T. - Stowarzyszenie Popierania Prawdziwej Tworczosci (the Association for Advancement of Real Art) or Chalturnik. "Chalturnik" in Polish means somebody who does not perform its work well, but in contrary - very bad and without to much caring about it. One could describe the music of Chalturnik as a mix of bar mitzvah / weeding band sounds, 1920s jazz, Art Ensemble of Chicago mambo-jumbo philosophy, all filled with clichéd Peruvian street group repertoire. The band was natural extension for Wroblewski's Jazz Studio experiments. However, Chalturnik had a more intimate and relaxed atmosphere and used musical persiflage or banter. Nevertheless, the premise remained the same: to experiment, to confront taboos, to challenge judgments and to take new unorthodox approaches to attitudes never before questioned. The lineup of Chalturnik included some of the brightest stars from Polish Jazz constellation of 1970s like Z. Namyslowski, J. Muniak, and T. Szukalski as well as other musicians not normally associated with Polish jazz, among them tuba player Z. Piernik, famous for his interpretation of Krzysztof Penderecki's music.