Tomasz Stanko
Litania - The Music of Krzysztof Komeda
Tomasz Stanko trumpet
Bernt Rosengren tenor saxophone
Joakim Milder tenor and soprano saxophones
Terje Rypdal electric guitar
Bobo Stenson piano
Palle Danielsson double-bass
Jon Christensen drums
Svantetic
Sleep Safe And Warm
Night-Time, Daytime Requiem
Ballada
Litania
Sleep Safe And Warm
Repetition
Ballad for Bernt
The Witch
Sleep Safe And Warm
Recorded February 1997
ECM 1636
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Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) wrote music for more than 40 films, including classics of the
Polish cinema by Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda, and Polanski brought him to Hollywood
to work on Rosemary's Baby. His soundtrack music, however, was only part of his achievement.
Komeda almost singelehandedly instigated the modern jazz movement in Poland and made
important contributions toward the shaping of a European aesthetic in jazz composition.
Tomasz Stanko was Komeda's closest musical associate. At ECM's urging, Stanko returned
to the archive to reinvestigate Komeda's work, rearranging both his intensely melodic
film themes and his extended compositions for an all-star Scandinavian band.
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