Adam Bałdych’s new album is called “Brothers,” and is dedicated to the memory of his brother who passed away. The violinist is able truly to portray the entire gamut of emotions through music. In the pianissimo moments it is replete with feeling and also clarity, and on the other hand Bałdych can take it to a point where it is so strong and loud it feels almost ready to burst. “I would like my music,” says Bałdych, “to ingrain itself into the present time, and also to reflect it. It should take on board the cares and the yearnings of now.
The title of Adam Bałdych’s previous album from 2015 was “Bridges”. And indeed, the Polish violinist is one of the leading builders of bridges between genres in current European jazz. Only 31 years old, he already has a whole sheaf of distinguished awards to his name, notably an ECHO Jazz Prize. His music combines Polish folk, classical music and many different kinds of jazz. He plays with an astonishing technical range, in which classical finesse is combined with swirling improvisation - and the defiant energy and power of rock music. Since 2015, Bałdych has been building these kinds of bridges in the company of the Norwegian Helge Lien Trio. “With Helge, Frode and Per Oddvar we have clocked up thousands of kilometres together; these musicians are way more than just a backing band,” says the violinist.Adam Bałdych’s new album is calle...
line upAdam Bałdych / violin, renaissance violin
Helge Lien / piano
Frode Berg / bass
Per Oddvar Johansen / drums
Tore Brunborg / saxophone
Music composed and arranged by Adam Bałdych
except 07 composed by Leonard Cohen
and arranged by Adam Bałdych & Helge Lien
Recorded by Klaus Scheuermann
at Hansa Studios, Berlin, November 12 & 13, 2016
Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist
Cover art by Alf Lechner (1925 - 2017): Anlehnung
Steel, 420 x 120 x 310 cm, ACT Art Collection
