''Matka Joanna'' is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer

Tomasz Stańko Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (11 July 1942 – 29 July 2018) was a Polish trumpeter and composer. Stańko was associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. In 1962, Tomasz Stańko formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with saxophonist Janusz Munia ...

recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
accessed October 13, 2011 The music was inspired by

Jerzy Kawalerowicz Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz (19 January 1922 – 27 December 2007) was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since ...

's 1961 movie '' Matka Joanna od Aniołów''.

Reception

The

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review awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Review
accessed October 13, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Tomasz Stańko except as indicated.'' # "Monastery in the Dark" (Anders Jormin, Tony Oxley, Tomasz Stańko, Bobo Stenson) - 5:53 # "Green Sky" - 9:37 # "Maldoror's War Song" - 8:15 # "Tales for a Girl, 12" - 9:09 # "Matka Joanna from the Angels" (Jormin, Oxley, Stańko, Stenson) - 10:47 # "Cain's Brand" - 8:38 # "Nun's Mood" (Jormin, Oxley, Stańko, Stenson) - 3:03 # "Celina" - 6:45 # "Two Preludes for Tales" (Stańko, Stenson) - 1:35 # "Klostergeist" (Oxley) - 4:22

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Bobo Stenson Bobo Stenson (born Bo Gustav Stenson; 4 August 1944) is a Swedish jazz pianist. The Bobo Stenson Trio, formed in collaboration with Anders Jormin (bass) and Jon Fält (drums), has been in existence for four decades. Career Stenson studied with We ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Anders Jormin Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Tony Oxley Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is an English free improvising drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records. Biography Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by the age of eight, he first began playing the drums at se ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Tomasz Stańko albums 1995 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher