Maciej Obara Quartet: Frozen Silence

Alto saxist Maciej Obara teams up with Dominik Wania/p, Ole Morten Vagan/b and Gard Nilssen/dr for an album of soft pastels. Obara delves into subtone territory with Wania on the melancholic “Black Cauldron” with a whimsical float to his delivery on “Waves of Glyma”. Nilssen’s brushes hover under the leader’s high pitch on the dreamy “Flying Pixies” and his mallets add mystery to “Twilight”. Wania is plaintive on his own before going in unison with the leader for “Rainbow Leaves” with a strong pulse produced by Wania on the prismatic “Frozen Silence”. Water colors of tones.

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