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File under: Contemporary
Maciej Obara Quartet
Frozen Silence
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*2025 stock* Frozen Silence is the third ECM release from alto saxophonist Maciej Obara’s Polish-Norwegian quartet bringing the story forward from Unloved and Three Crowns – and perhaps its strongest musical statement to date. Alert interactivity is the hallmark of the group’s approach in a programme of new Obara compositions inspired by the starkly dramatic landscapes of the mountainous Karkonosze region in south-west Poland. All four players make decisive contributions to the music. The pieces optimally highlight Maciej’s intuitive musical relationship with pianist Dominik Wania, while bassist Ole Morten Vågan and drummer Gard Nilssen continually transcend rhythm section roles to inject powerful ideas of their own. The album was recorded in Oslo in June 2022, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Details
File under: Contemporary
Cat. number: ECM 2778, 555 8662
Year: 2023
Notes:
Recorded June 2022
Rainbow Studio, Oslo
An ECM Production
℗ © 2023 ECM Records GmbH, München [on O-card back; on tray card]
℗ © 2023 ECM Records GmbH [in booklet]
