Sun Ship was one of the most interesting bands on the Polish Jazz scene of the late 70's and early 80's.
Sun Ship Follow Us Polish Jazz vol.61
Label: Polskie Nagrania - Muza , 1979/2006 Catalogue No: PNCD 1061 (SX 1941) Format: Deluxe Digi-Pack (24-bit re-mastered from original master tapes)
Tracks:
1. Prymka (Lead Score) (H. Miskiewicz) 2. Ballada na wiosne (The Sping Ballad) (W. Sendecki) 3. Szipson (W. Sendecki) 4. Mrowka, jak wiemy...(An ant, as we know...) (Z. Jaremko) 5. Nalezy sie wykupic (One Must Pay Ransom) (W. Sendecki)
Recorded:
September-November 1979, Warsaw, Poland
Performed by:
Wladyslaw "Adzik" Sendecki - piano Zbigniew Jaremko - soprano and tenor saxophones Henryk Miskiewicz - soprano and alto saxophones Witold Szczurek - bass, cello Marek Stach - drums Jozef Gawrych (guest) - percussion Marek Bilinski - setting up the color of the keyboards
About:
Sun Ship was one of the most interesting bands on the Polish Jazz scene of the late 70's and early 80's. The band combined young rhythm section of pianist Adzik Sendecki, bass player Vitold Rek, and drummer Marek Stach; with more matured saxophone players: Henryk Miskiewicz and Zbigniew Jaremko. Miskiewicz and Jaremko were coming from a very popular during the 70's straight-ahead modern jazz band Jazz Carriers known for their "polyrhythmic and polymeric structures and an experimental usage of meters" (Daniel Best). Sendecki, Stach and Rek were "graduates" of Extra Ball with their youthful fascination with jazz rock rhythms. Despite different inspirations, the music of Sun Ship was very cohesive, attractive, very "colorful", and very well received by the fans and concert goers. The original repertoire which was created by the members of the band complemented group's uniqueness and adventuress. The role of the musical creation was emphasized by Adzik Sendecki in the interview with Jazz Forum in March 1980: "Our music is mostly defined by composition. The final shape of the tune is determined who wrote it and what his interests are". Interestingly all members of the band shared common interest in Polish musical folk tradition.
Review:
This is the only studio recording by the excellent Polish Jazz ensemble Sun Ship, founded in 1978 by two ex-Extra Ball members: virtuoso pianist / composer Wladyslaw Sendecki and saxophonist Andrzej Olejniczak, with bassist Witold Szczurek and drummer Marek Stach.
Olejniczak left soon after the group was founded, to be replaced by a double saxophone front line consisting of Zbigniew Jaremko and Henryk Miskiewicz.
Miskiewicz was the group´s second composer and contributed two of the five compositions present on this album in addition to the three compositions by the leader, Sendecki.
Sun Ship was the first of the Polish ensembles, which tried to leave behind them the Jazz-Rock Fusion, which was the predominant genre in the 1970s and return to mainstream Jazz, with more advanced chord changed and extended improvisations, which they did extremely well.
Sendecki´s keyboard wizardry is plainly evident on this beautiful album, as are the highly developed skills as improvisers.
In retrospect this is one of the most interesting Polish Jazz recordings of that turbulent period. Highly recommended
(review courtesy of Adam Baruch, The soundtrack of my life)
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