Rafał Sarnecki - guitar
Lucas Pino - tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute
Bogna Kicińska - voc
Glenn Zaleski - piano
Rick Rosato - bass
Colin Stranaham - drums
"Cat's Dream" is the third album from guitarist/composer Rafal Sarnecki, born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, and now based in New York City. The album was recorded in Brooklyn by Michael Perez-Cisneros (known for recording such albums as Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Heartcore"). The mix was done by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Recording (Darlington is known for mixing such albums as "If On a Winter Night..." by Sting, "Alegria" by Wayne Shorter, for which Darlington received a Grammy Award, and "Gershwin's World" by Herbie Hancock).
"Cat's Dream" features eight new compositions from Sarnecki, arranged for a sextet comprised of some of the best and brightest young musicians on the NYC Scene, Lucas Pino (tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute), Glenn Zaleski (piano), Rick Rosato (bass), Colin Stranahan (drums) and Bogna Kicinska (voice). "Cat's Dream" also marks Sarnecki's first album recorded with American musicians, and the first time he composed for voice. Sarnecki elaborated; "I wrote the music specifically for these musicians, and during the composition process I imagined every musician in the group performing the music and tried to hear how the parts would sound. We have all known each other for many years so I was able to feature their unique abilities and strengths within this music. I definitely felt very privileged to be able to record with such incredible musicians."
Each composition on "Cat's Dream" represents a different period in Sarnecki's life, and also a different stage of his development as a composer. On the album you can find extended forms ("For Anastazja" or "Plane Crashes and Conspiracy Theories"), typical short form jazz songs ("Ordovician Extinction", "Piazza Verdi"), as well as the first song with lyrics the composer has ever written (the title track, albeit in Spanish, "Sueño de Gatos"). Sarnecki's music is a result of being influenced by both traditional Polish songs, and American music he was exposed to on radio and in Am....... more
Nowa płyta "CAT'S DREAM" ukaże się na przełomie sierpnia i września 2014 roku. Zostanie wydana przez prestiżową nowojorską wytwórnię Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records. W nagraniu płyty wzięli udział czołowi muzycy noworskiej sceny jazzowej: Lucas Pino, Glenn Zaleski, Rick Rosato, Colin Stranahan oraz wybitna polska wokalistka Bogna Kicińska.