February 23, 2010

All About Jazz Interview

Komeda Project members Andrzej Winnicki and Krzysztof Medyna were interviewed for the article Komeda Project: Bringing New Life to a Legend by Bruce Lindsay on All About Jazz.

View the full article here.

January 6, 2010

Village Voice 2009 Jazz Critics' Poll

The ballots have been cast in the Village Voice's 2009 Jazz Critics' Poll for the best new jazz releases of the year. Here are the lists containing Requiem:

Kevin Lynch (US-UK Review, Madison [WI] Capital Times)

  1. Komeda Project: Requiem (WM)
  2. Laurence Hobgood: When the Heart Dances (Naim)
  3. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)
  4. Enrico Pieranunzi-Marc Johnson-Joey Baron: Dream Dance (CAM Jazz)
  5. Amina Figarova: Above the Clouds (Munich)
  6. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  7. Marcin Wasilewski: January (ECM)
  8. Robert Glasper: Double Booked (Blue Note)
  9. Tom Gullion: Carswell (Momentous)
  10. E.J. Strickland: In This Day (Strick Musik)

Stuart Broomer (All About Jazz-New York, pointofdeparture.org)

  1. Evan Parker: The Moment's Energy (ECM)
  2. John Butcher: somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax)
  3. Sun Ra: Live in Cleveland (Golden Years)
  4. Peter Evans: Nature/Culture (Psi)
  5. Joëlle Léandre & George Lewis: Transatlantic Visions (RogueArt)
  6. Die Enttäuschung (Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen): Die Enttäuschung (Intakt)
  7. Fast 'n' Bulbous: Waxed Oop (Cuneiform)
  8. Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky (Clean Feed)
  9. John Hebert: Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12)
  10. Komeda Project: Requiem (WM)

November 22, 2009

Requiem Reviews make Top Read

Requiem reviews have made the Top 50 Most Read CD Reviews in the Last 30 Days List at the All About Jazz website. The reviews are #9 and #11 presently!

In other news, Jazz Times, the leading American jazz magazine, has confirmed that it will do a review of Requiem in an upcoming issue. Keep checking this site to find out when it will run.

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