Astigmatic

Krzysztof Komeda · 1965 · piece of nearly 23 minutes

Context

Title track of the album recorded in December 1965 at the Warsaw Philharmonic, with Tomasz Stańko and Zbigniew Namysłowski. The record mixes modal playing, free-inspired improvisation and aleatory structures; the Penguin Guide sees it as one of the finest jazz albums ever recorded in Europe, and Stuart Nicholson as a turning point toward a European jazz emancipated from the American model.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Polish jazz, Modal, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Polish jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Sleep Safe and Warm (1968)

Sources

• EN: Astigmatic (album)

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