Review: Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January

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From time to time I've mused about reviewing one of John Abercrombie's best latter ECM recordings called November from 1992. I may still tackle that one, but I need to out that write-up aside for now to muse about another, brand-new, ECM release titled after the name of a month. In this case, it's January by Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski, supported by double-bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. Wasilewski and Kurkiewicz formed a formidable foundation with the drummer Manu Katch for Katch's outstanding last two releases, Neighbourhood and one of my favorites from last year, Playground. The story begins much earlier,...