My Choice Adam Wendt

• 1 Old family 08:43
• 2 Country dance 07:28
• 3 My choice 06:44
• 4 Ballad for nobody 05:07
• 5 Restless spirit 08:33
• 6 I can't forget 07:17
• 7 Happy five 07:06
• 8 Elegia 06:50
• 9 I'm free 07:39
• Total Runtime 01:05:27

Info for My Choice

Adam Wendt, one of the most important Polish jazz saxophonists and composers, has released a new album. And not just any new one! Together with him, the project was co-authored by some truly outstanding musicians: pianist Dominik Wania, who has already scored at ECM with a solo album, double bassist Mariusz Bogdanowicz and drummer Sebastian Frankiewicz. This new quartet of Adam's is reinforced in two tracks (out of nine) by Ignacy Wendt on flugelhorn and trumpet. Together they have managed to record probably the best album in Adam Wendt's discography to date, which includes ten original titles and 65 as a sideman! Seventeen of them he recorded as a member of the ensemble Walk Away, which together with the vocalist Urszula Dudziak opened the European concerts of Miles Davis in 1990! "This album is the culmination of the next phase of my artistic journey," the author let himself be heard. "It is a symbolic description of very personal experiences, thoughts and events that concern me. They are scenes from the past and present. I am happy that life has given me music and I can express myself through it even better than through words." With her tenor and soprano voice, she can tell some truly riveting stories! He plays the tenor saxophone in a similar way to the way Zbigniew Namyslowski of blessed memory rolled on the alto; both are based on Polish folklore. This is most clearly heard in Happy Five and Country Dance; the latter is furthermore saturated with a truly explosive dance called kujaviak.

Adam Wendt, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Dominik Wania, piano
Mariusz Bogdanowicz, double bass
Sebastian Frankiewicz, drums
Ignacy Wendt, flugelhorn (track 4), trumpet (track 9)

Adam Wendt
Is agraduate of prestigious Jazz Department of the University of Music in Katowice, Poland. While a student, he was a member of many dance as well as jazz bands including Alex Band and the Young Power.

After a period Adam joined WALK AWAY, one of the top jazz groups in Poland. Walk Away has performed at clubs and festivals all over Europe including the Leverkusener Jazz Days and the Jazzand Blues All-Star festivals in Stockholm, The Montmarte Jazz Club in Copenhagen and the Jac-Jazz Festival in Jakarta. They also did a tour of Germany - support before Miles Davis.

Adam Wendt has taken part in the recording of more than 60 CD's not only as a saxophone player but also as a composer and arranger. He is often an invited guest at radio and television broatcasts as well as music festivals. As a soloist and session musican, he cooperates with the top jazz and pop stars in Poland.

During his career, Adam has recorded and performed with such jazz and blues musicans as Mike Stern, Eric Marienthal, Nippy Noya, Mino Cinelu, Keith Dunn, Frank Gambale, Dean Brown, Michael Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak, Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby, David "Fuse" Fiuczynski, Randy Brecker and candombe player Luis di Matteo.

Adam also leads his own groups: Adam Wendt & Friends, Triologue, Adam Wendt Power Set, Adam Wendt Acoustic Set and is a member of the groups: Confiteor, Vintage Band.

This album contains no booklet.