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Suspended Night | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 48167
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000229202
UPC: 602498112441
EAN: 0602498112441
ASIN: B0000V765G
Release Date: May 11, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Song for Sarah | | • | Suspended Variations I | | • | Suspended Variations II | | • | Suspended Variations III | | • | Suspended Variations IV | | • | Suspended Variations V | | • | Suspended Variations VI | | • | Suspended Variations VII | | • | Suspended Variations VIII - Tomasz Stanko, Stanko | | • | Suspended Variations IX | | • | Suspended Variations X - Tomasz Stanko, Stanko |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
Beautiful Jazz Played Strangely Beautifully March 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In this age of super musicians playing super humanly and writing songs designed to show us mortal just how superly they can play, comes The Thomas Stanko Quartet! This quartet plays incredibly beautiful jazz as if they have nothing to prove. Suspended Night reminds us that at the bottom line, it is about the music after all. Superior musicianship which carries the day by being musical. Michael Miskiewicz is one of today's most musical drummers! His service to the music which surrounds him champions the idea that the drums are a musical instrument as much as the piano, bass, or any other instrument upon which a melody can be played. The entire band proves that you don't have to be loud in order to convey powerful emotion (listen to Suspended Variations III in which the left hand bass part on the piano serves as hero of the day). It has been said that this band plays as one mind and I who have just discovered Thomas Stanko's Quartet can wholeheartedly testify to that statement. Much can be written about the technical mastery of The Thomas Stanko Quartet but I believe much more can be gained by grabbing your favorite beverage (coffee, tea, brandy, cognac, etc.) with which to relax, lower the lights and just sit back to listen. Suspended Night is a master class in jazz chords,arrangement, and progression but for me....well, I just like the way it makes me feel! Strangely beautiful jazz played beautifully!
Most satisfyingly different September 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I find it most reassuring to discover that new music of this quality is being created. I have not heard a piece of music so different and so satisfying for a long time, if ever. To listen to this music is to be transported ..... into a suspended night.
 Suspended grace May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never too fast, without a steady rithm, this music is perfect for a lovely night under a full moon
Very passionate
Any Serious Jazz Fan Should Own This Album! December 7, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Tomasz Stanko has recorded a masterpiece with this recording. I'm not going to talk too much about the music, because it speaks for itself. All I can say is listen to the sound clips on Amazon and decide if this is something that you're going to like. Having said that, I love this kind of moody jazz. It's very accessible, but it's also dark and haunting, which are words that have descibed Tomasz Stanko's work on ECM for years now. This particular trio he's playing with are all astonishing. The pianist, Marcin Wasilewski, is truly a young master. He is fantastic in a supporting role and he's also a great soloist - very subtle and if you don't listen closely you'll miss those beautiful cascades of notes. I found myself listening to Marcin more than anybody else. As another reviewer has said, I think Wasilewski made this album. If you love piano like I do, then this is a good album. Having said about Wasilewski, I have tremendous respect for Stanko. For him to step aside and let these other musicians take the music to another level, says alot about Stanko and his character.
This is truly a classic jazz album in my opinion. Anyone who enjoys listening to jazz and is serious about it should own this album.
a pinnacle February 28, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
superbly played and recorded, this is as intimate a sound as i've ever heard on ECM. this mix is perfect, and through headphones, you can almost imagine yourself sitting admist the musicians, their sounds enveloping you. playing "free" ballads is in immense challenge, and this is one of the finer examples i've come across. some have compared this to "kind of blue," but while stanko's trumpet has a melancholic timbre similar to the prince of darkness, he is his own man, a veteran, and should be respected a such. his young group is brilliant, especially the impressionistic wasielewski, who seems to calculate each note as if it could be his last. the music is incredibly free, yet everything is in it's place. the mood is nocturnal, but this is no background music. it's meant to be absorbed. it's a stunning follow up to the wonderful "soul of things," and is required listening for anyone who considers themselves to be a fan of improvised music. say, maybe in that sense, it is a bit like kind of blue.
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