''Upojenie'' (English: ''Ecstasy'') is a 2002 collaboration between singer

Anna Maria Jopek Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she co ...

and guitarist

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progre ...

, recorded in Warsaw, Poland. It features Jopek's compositions and traditional folk song arrangements, as well as some of Metheny's well-known tracks, such as "Are You Going with Me?" and "Follow Me". Finally, there is "Polskie drogi" ("Polish Paths") – a cover of a main theme for a film series of the same title by

Andrzej Kurylewicz Andrzej Roman Kurylewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; 24 November 1932 – 12 April 2007), was a Polish composer, pianist, trombonist, trumpet player and conductor. His works range from serious music, including both chamber and orchestral music, to ...

. In 2008 an international edition of the album was released by

Nonesuch Records Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly called Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Non ...

. The running order of the selections is different and three additional songs are included.

Track listing

*Tracks 7, 16, and 17 are only on the international edition (2008).

Personnel

– vocals, electric piano *

– guitars, guitar synthesizer, 42-string guitar, synthesizers (tracks 1–5 and 7–14) * Cezary Konrad – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9–13) *

Leszek Możdżer Leszek Możdżer (Polish pronunciation: born Lesław Henryk Możdżer, 23 March 1971, Gdańsk) is a Polish jazz pianist, music producer and film score composer. Life and career Możdżer was born on 23 March 1971 in Gdańsk. He began to play t ...

– piano (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9–11) * Pawel Bzim Zarecki – synthesizers, organ, percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11–13) *

Darek Oleszkiewicz Darek Oleszkiewicz (born February 20, 1963), also known as Darek Oles, is a jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and educator. Biography Oleszkiewicz was born in Wrocław, Poland, on February 20, 1963. He lived in Kraków in the early 1980s, then m ...

– double bass (tracks 2 and 9–14) * Wojciech Kowalewski – percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 13) * Piotr Nazaruk – flute, recorder, hammered dulcimer, banjo, vocals, percussion (tracks 2, 5, and 7) * Marcin Pospieszalski – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, and 7) * Henryk Miśkiewicz – soprano saxophone (tracks 8 and 11) * Mateusz Pospieszalski – synthesizer (tracks 9 and 13) *

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– percussion (tracks 11 and 13) * Orchestra conducted by Mateusz Pospieszalski (tracks 9 and 13) * Bernard Maseli – vibraphone (track 9) * Marek Napiórkowski – guitar (track 11) * Barney – alien voices (track 7)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

External links

album description of Anna Maria Jopek's official siteAllAboutJazz review by Marc Sabbatini
Jazz albums by Polish artists Pat Metheny albums 2002 albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub