{"id":7153,"date":"2025-03-25T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassmine.com\/concert\/jazz-po-polsku-michal-baranski-masovian-mantra\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:18:56","slug":"jazz-po-polsku-michal-baranski-masovian-mantra","status":"publish","type":"concert","link":"https:\/\/jassmine.com\/en\/concert\/jazz-po-polsku-michal-baranski-masovian-mantra\/","title":{"rendered":"JAZZ PO POLSKU: Michal Bara\u0144ski Masovian Mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As part of the JAZZ PO POLSKU *”Warsaw Live Sessions”* project, more original concerts featuring leading artists from the Polish jazz scene, as well as international guests, will take place.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski \u2013 guitarist and double bassist, is one of the most creative, exploratory, and bold artists on the contemporary Polish jazz scene. His body of work, beyond club performances, concerts, and educational activities, includes dozens of albums recorded alongside leaders representing various, sometimes extreme, corners of the music world.<\/p>\n

A brief selection of albums that paint a musical portrait of Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski includes Presence<\/em> by the Triology trio with his mentor Brad Terry (2000), featuring Mateusz Ko\u0142akowski and Tomasz Torres; Assymetry<\/em> with Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski\u2019s band (2006); Umiera Pi\u0119kno<\/em> by Aga Zaryan (2007); Early Reflections<\/em> with the Bennie Maupin Quartet (2008); and Sacrum Profanum<\/em> with Adam Ba\u0142dych\u2019s quartet. His biography features nearly every key name in Polish jazz, including Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski, Tomasz Sta\u0144ko, and Micha\u0142 Urbaniak. Recently, he has been studying Indian Carnatic music and actively demonstrating Indian vocal percussion (Konnakol).<\/p>\n

Masovian Mantra<\/em> is a fusion of at least three musical threads that Bara\u0144ski and his ensemble\u2014including Shachar Elnatan (guitar), Micha\u0142 Tokaj (piano), \u0141ukasz \u017byta (drums), Bodek Janke (tabla), Kuba Wi\u0119cek (saxophone), Kacper Malisz (violin), Joachim Mencel (hurdy-gurdy), Olga Stopi\u0144ska (vocals), Jan Smoczy\u0144ski (accordion), and Dziadek Tadek (recitation)\u2014seek to merge into a single sonic space. These elements include Indian music, Polish folk traditions (symbolized by the triple-meter mazurka), and the sound of contemporary jazz, drawing inspiration from the 1970s.<\/p>\n

One can trace influences from legendary figures such as Ravi Shankar, the group Shakti with John McLaughlin, and the rhythmic Indian vocal practice of Konnakol, alongside Polish jazz pioneers like Zbigniew Namys\u0142owski (with whom Bara\u0144ski recorded Assymetry<\/em>), Tomasz Sta\u0144ko (notably his famous journey to the Taj Mahal), the group Osjan, and S\u0142awomir Kulpowicz\u2019s collaborations with sitar virtuoso Shujaat Khan.<\/p>\n

The ethnic influences in Masovian Mantra<\/em> are rooted in the folk traditions of southern Mazovia, characterized by dominant triple-meter mazurka rhythms. Attentive listeners will also detect elements inspired by jazz fusion and ethno-fusion, reminiscent of Weather Report, Pat Metheny, and the Joe Zawinul Syndicate, as well as the modern stylistic approaches of artists increasingly recognized by audiences and critics, such as Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan, whom Bara\u0144ski cites as an influence.<\/p>\n

Expanding the list of inspirations, one must also mention the elite bassists and pioneers of modern bass guitar playing, including the legendary Jaco Pastorius, as well as contemporary greats like Avishai Cohen and Hadrien Feraud.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  • \n\n Micha\u0142 Bara\u0144ski<\/span>\n kontrabas, gitara basowa, indyjska perkusja wokalna, beatbox<\/span>\n \n <\/li>\n\n \n
  • \n\n Shachar Elnatan<\/span>\n gitara, \u015bpiew<\/span>\n \n <\/li>\n\n \n
  • \n\n Micha\u0142 Tokaj<\/span>\n fortepian, syntezatory<\/span>\n \n <\/li>\n\n \n
  • \n\n \u0141ukasz \u017byta<\/span>\n perkusja<\/span>\n \n <\/li>\n\n \n <\/ul>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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