Together with his outstanding Polish band of Krzysztof Dys on piano, Michal Baranski on bass and David Fortuna on drums, he has been intent on exploring the possibilities in sound offered by New Music. Orchestral instruments such as the Gran Cassa, cymbals or gongs were added, and the piano was prepared for some of the pieces. And Bałdych himself drew inspiration from the unique sound qualities of the Renaissance violin.
"Sacrum Profanum" represents a new beginning for Polish violinist Adam Bałdych – but also a look back into his past. He was once a sixteen-year-old firebrand who set out to conquer the jazz world. And when his ACT debut album "Imaginary Room" came out in 2011, he was hailed by the respected German broadsheet the FAZ as having "the finest technique among all living violinists in jazz". The audacity of Bałdych’s lines was so breathtaking, he could almost have been playing a wind instrument; his multi-voiced motifs were more like chord-playing by pianists, and over and above these aspects was the ever-present desire to experiment and to transcend genre boundaries.And yet all of this, right up to and including two recent albums with the Helge Lien Trio, can now be seen as just a starting-point for the voyage o...
line upAdam Bałdych / violin & renaissance violin
Krzysztof Dys / piano, prepared upright piano & toy piano
Michał Barański / double bass
Dawid Fortuna / drums, crotales & gran cassa
Recorded by Klaus Scheuermann at Clouds Hill Recordings Studio Hamburg, November 20 & 21, 2018
Mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann at 4ohm Studio Berlin, December 4, 2018
Produced by Adam Bałdych
Cover art by Mimmo Paladino: Agamennone (1999 - 2000)
