Suspended Night is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stanko

Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....

 recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Suspended Night, on ECM, follows the hugely successful Soul of Things on the same label. It is only the second international offering from this group, but the flowering and maturation of this creative relationship are nothing if not utterly stunning. This ensemble has developed its own bravely compelling yet tonally accessible voice in articulating Stanko's unique compositional language; it is one that opens up the jazz tradition from the inside in startling and wonderful new directions... This a major new lyric statement that actually looks at jazz as a future music of unfolding investigation rather than as merely a historic tradition celebrating itself. Suspended Night is essential for any serious jazz fan and a wonderful introduction to Stanko's music as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Tomasz Stańko except as indicated

1. "Song for Sarah" - 5:33
2. "Suspended Variations I" - 8:52
3. "Suspended Variations II" - 8:24
4. "Suspended Variations III" - 7:13
5. "Suspended Variations IV" - 7:04
6. "Suspended Variations V" - 4:23
7. "Suspended Variations VI" - 8:58
8. "Suspended Variations VII" - 3:26
9. "Suspended Variations VIII" (Stańko, Wasilewski, Kurkiewicz, Miskiewicz) - 4:24
10. "Suspended Variations IX" - 5:56
11. "Suspended Variations X" (Stańko, Wasilewski, Kurkiewicz, Miskiewicz) - 4:47
    • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in July 2003.

Personnel

• Tomasz Stańko
  Tomasz Stanko
  Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
  
   - trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  
• Marcin Wasilewski
  Marcin Wasilewski (pianist)
  Marcin Wasilewski, born 1975, is a Polish pianist and composer.Wasilewski established a musical partnership with bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz as the Simple Acoustic Trio in the early-1990's which led to Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko mentoring the group for several...
  
   - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Slawomir Kurkiewicz - bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Michal Miskiewicz - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....