Leszek Możdżer TRIO
Between us and the light
30th November 2008 / 30. listopada 2008
Liberty Hall Theatre

Three Musicians – Three Cultures – One Time

The Trio story started during the XIth International Jazz Festival - Jazz in the Old Town in Warsaw – July 2004. Especially for this festival Leszek Możdżer invited  the Swedish bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson and Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco as a Dream Team they have performed debut repertoire which was more than enthusiastically accepted by both the audience and the reviewers.

After being widely applauded the Trio has decided to record their repertoire. In this way the first Trio studio album was released in September 2005 – Możdżer  Danielsson Fresco – The Time – OM CD 001. Supported by the concert tour that took place in all major cities of Poland, just to name few: Kraków, Warszawa, Katowice, Szczecin the album sale skyrocketed and just in two months after the album’s premiere it was awarded with the Double Platinum Award. With this great occasion a special PLATINIUM CONCERT was organized in the Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk.

One year later the Trio met again in the studio to record the second album – Between Us and The Light OM CD 002. Again the overwhelming success of the album surprised everybody when just two weeks after the album’s release it was awarded with the Double Platinum Award. The musicians were given the Prizes on the one before last concert of the tour  in Fabryka Trzciny Artistic Centre in Warsaw.

The third Możdżer Danielsson Fresco Trio's album is some kind of the summary of the Trio performances in Poland It consists of CD and DVD. The CD is a registration of the concert that took place in The Fabryka Trzciny Artistic Centre in November 2006. At that time the Trio has performed the repertoire that was comprised of the works from previous albums The Time and Between Us And The Light. Two different concerts are shown on the DVD – the concert from the Movie Making Hall in Wroclaw in 2006 and from the Polish Baltic Philharmonic in 2005.

The audience appreciated the Polish – Swedish- Israeli Trio for gentleness and most of all for the subtle refinement. Musicians managed to come to compromise with what is the most acclaimed in jazz namely free but hermetic improvisation and the melodic accessibility.

They seem to have created regular jazz trio – grand piano, double bass and percussion. But this is Możdżer’s project  so nothing can be obvious. Apart from the grand piano Możdżer uses the electronic keyboards and celesta. Danielsson swaps the double bass and the cello, Fresco puts a spell on us with his percussions. On one hand this is the demanding music that requires some kind of preparation, focusing, sometimes even erudition, but not to exaggerate  - a spare hour will. And the rest lies in the hands of the musicians.