December Avenue

All sorts of tempos, track lengths and moods on this one - which produces a frustrating lack of continuity and much diminished album identity despite the fact that three of the group have already recorded together (on 2013’s outstanding ‘Wislawa’). I think it’s a compositional issue rather than Reuben Rogers’ substituting Thomas Morgan on bass (‘Wislawa’) changing the group dynamic too much. For such a 5 star lineup I would have expected the results to sound a little more unified.

Stanko's last gift to us. A soulfull jazz journey through time, mind and feelings..

Not Stanko's best, and unfortunately a bit of a dirge. His best albums have been: Purple Sun, Soul of Things, and Lontano. Any of these is far better. December Avenue is a bit like a compilation of his weakest minimalist modern pieces, with sounds I've heard many times before. This is a shame, since he is a very good trumpeter.

Superb

Gorgeous playing and writing

Beautiful music, very much in the ECM aesthetic with the usual outstanding recording. You can't go wrong.

i've heard Tomasz Stanko doing better things that this one

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