“Don’t try to understand, just listen,” answered the great Krakow composer Bogusław Schaeffer when asked once how contemporary music should be understood. Reams has been written on how avant-garde, demanding and elitist contemporary improvised music is. The slogan of the 16th Krakow Jazz Autumn is both simple and inclusive: just […]
Photographic record of the concert given on 28 October 2012. Alchemia club, Poland. Photos taken by Krzysztof Penarski.
November 20, 21,22,23 2012 Alchemia&Manggha. Krakow Jazz Autumn. Photos taken by Krzysztof Penarski.
Mats Gustafsson, one of the most important improvisers of his generation in the eyes of many critics, is coming to Krakow at the head of the twelve person orchestra. Gustafsson has played on the Krakow festival stage many times; with the saxophone, star formation, Sonore and renowned band, The Thing. This year, he is here with a select formation, not seen nor heard for almost a decade on the international scene, the NU Ensemble.