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What struck me right away about this music was its amazing ability to mix the feel and power of village dance music with the personal contemporary sensibilities of the players. (...) The addition of wind and brass to the Trio's sound really pushes their music into another realm. Listen to the music about three minutes in and hear the amazing resemblance to some of those classic jazz improv tracks from the late '60s and early '70s." — Michal Shapiro, Huffington Post, on WOMEX performance
Janusz Prusinowski Trio is a group of musicians who follow in the traditions of village masters they have personally learned from. But they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance, and the archaic with the modern. The Trio’s unique style is distilled from their informed re-interpretations of central Poland’s village music. It brings mazurkas – sung, played, danced, and improvised – to a new, youthful audience. What contemporary quality can be given to archaic and seemingly simple melodies and rhythms without resorting to trendy samples and loops? Listening to the Trio, you can hear how traditional music of Polish villages echoes a variety of genres: the music of Chopin in its melodic pattern and the use of rubato, a shared love of improvisation with blues and jazz, a tonal sophistication shared with 20th-century classical and free improv, and the energy and propulsion of rock music. Between 2008 and 2013, the band performed in most European countries, Asia, Canada, the USA (including Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Center) – and of course, Poland. Besides playing concerts with traditional Polish music, the band prepared a special program of performances “The village roots of Frédéric Chopin’s music” with pianist Janusz Olejniczak. In 2012, Trio began a unique project "Kujawy,” including, among others, Tomasz Stańko. The group also performed with Michał Urbaniak, Artur Dutkiewicz, and Alim Qasimov. Apart from concerts, Trio’s music can be heard at the parties of village and urban Dance Clubs or theatrical performances at the Polish National Theatre and the Polish Radio Theatre. They also run musical and dance workshops. In 2008, the band released “Mazurkas,” an album which received rave reviews. This was followed in 2010 by their second album “Heart.”
In October 2012, Janusz Prusinowski Trio performed at the prestigious world music fair - WOMEX 2012 in Thessaloniki.
Janusz Prusinowski Trio is a group of musicians who follow in the traditions of village masters they have personally learned from. But they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance, and the archaic with the modern. The Trio’s unique style is distilled from their informed re-interpretations of central Poland’s village music. It brings mazurkas – sung, played, danced, and improvised – to a new, youthful audience. What contemporary quality can be given to archaic and seemingly simple melodies and rhythms without resorting to trendy samples and loops? Listening to the Trio, you can hear how traditional music of Polish villages echoes a variety of genres: the music of Chopin in its melodic pattern and the use of rubato, a shared love of improvisation with blues and jazz, a tonal sophistication shared with 20th-century classical and free improv, and the energy and propulsion of rock music. Between 2008 and 2013, the band performed in most European countries, Asia, Canada, the USA (including Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Center) – and of course, Poland. Besides playing concerts with traditional Polish music, the band prepared a special program of performances “The village roots of Frédéric Chopin’s music” with pianist Janusz Olejniczak. In 2012, Trio began a unique project "Kujawy,” including, among others, Tomasz Stańko. The group also performed with Michał Urbaniak, Artur Dutkiewicz, and Alim Qasimov. Apart from concerts, Trio’s music can be heard at the parties of village and urban Dance Clubs or theatrical performances at the Polish National Theatre and the Polish Radio Theatre. They also run musical and dance workshops. In 2008, the band released “Mazurkas,” an album which received rave reviews. This was followed in 2010 by their second album “Heart.”
In October 2012, Janusz Prusinowski Trio performed at the prestigious world music fair - WOMEX 2012 in Thessaloniki.
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