Tales Of The Forest
Label | O.A.P. Records – OAPR803 |
Format | CD, Album, Stereo |
Barcode | 9789078686071 |
Country | Netherlands |
Released | 03 Nov 2008 |
Genre | Jazz |
Style | Contemporary Jazz |
What is possible in jazz can be heard in the debut CD of Anka Koziel. The young Polish singer (who studied at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague) goes back to the songs she grew up with. Her jazz versions of two songs of compatriot Chopin with texts by the poet S.Witwicki, three Polish folksongs, her own Spring Night inspired by Faurs Clair de lune and her Forest tale, with its instrumental suggestion of mysterious sounds of woods, fit together wonderfully.Romantic with pep, as well wild and high-spirited as dreamily enjoying the poetry: The force of spring, a very earthy Red berry blues (Czerwone jagody) up to the funnily jumpy Goldfish (Zlota rybka). The face I love, the only standard (M.Valle and R.Gilbert) fits like a glove with its first line Just think of things like daffodils and peaceful sheep on clovered hills. Koziels well-wrought arrangements guarantee the harmonious marriage of all these elements. Her international trio (Brice Soniano, bass, Oriol Roca, drums, Michal Vanoucek, piano) gets ample room for perfect counteraction with a beautiful role for the Slovak pianist.
1 | Wiosna (Spring) | 5:18 |
2 | Spring Night | 6:37 |
3 | Forest Tale | 8:01 |
4 | Czerwone Jagody (Red Berry Blues) | 4:38 |
5 | Złota Rybka (Goldfish) | 2:14 |
6 | The Face I Love | 6:35 |
7 | Życzenie (The Wish) | 3:29 |
8 | Prelude Cm | 7:49 |
9 | Hej, Góral Ci Ja, Góral (Hilly Billy Song) | 4:05 |
Drums – Oriol Roca
Graphic Design – Monomonnik
Liner Notes – Deborah J. Carter
Photography By – Karolina Koziel
Piano – Michal Vanoucek
Producer [Produced By] – O.A.P. Records
Producer, Engineer – Barry Olthof
Recorded By [Recordings Made By] – Olthof Audio Productions
Vocals, Effects [Harmonizer], Whistling – Anka Koziel
Digipak back:
Spring Night
inspired by 'Clair de Lune' G. Fauré
℗ & © O.A.P. Records 2008
Recordings made by Olthof Audio Productions at The Fieldwork Studio, Schoten, Belgium, November 2007.
Mixed and mastered at O.A.P. Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands, July 2008
Barcode (Scanned) – 9789078686071
SPARS Code – DDD
Rights Society – BUMA/STEMRA