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Alan Balcerowski: flute, tenor & soprano saxophones
Mikołaj Wienke: alto & tenor saxophones
Michał Gozdek: piano
Antoni Olszewski: bass
Kamil Miszewski: drums

Music composed by Alan Balcerowski
Recorded 19-20.07.2023 at Monochrom Studio
Recorded by Ignacy Gruszecki
Mixed, Mastered by Piotr Taraszkiewicz
Produced by Alan Balcerowski
Executive producer Tomasz Konwent
Cover design by Animisiewasz

Recorded with great care in Monochrom Studio, the debut material for the album Alan Balcerowski Quintet is sophisticated, elegant jazz. The direction of the quintet's work is determined by the fascination with mainstream jazz music and the love of acoustic sound. The composition of the band with two wind instruments allows for exceptional sonoristic impressions and a wealth of improvisational diversity, which constitute an essential part of the presented pieces.

The fully original program of the album "Looking Ahead" is eight diverse compositions by the leader, which leave room for both class arrangements and juicy improvisational displays. The narrative of the quintet obviously gravitates towards jazz tradition, but every now and then the traditional framework is burst by the freshness, openness and uniqueness of the band's sound.

"Alan Balcerowski's music proves that there is still room in mainstream jazz to speak with your own voice, and in a very attractive way"
Maciej Sikała

"People, listen to Alan's music and remember this name: Alan Balcerowski - This album introduces himself with a bang!!!"
Krzesimir Dębski

"It must indeed be satisfying to be the teacher-professor of a talented, hardworking, bright and ambitious student.
All these qualities may be found in the hero of the new release from the Multikulti Project label. The hero is a fully-fledged artist, musician, saxophonist, flautist, composer, bandleader and arranger, the likes of him there being but few. In these rather challenging times for musicians, he has been able to earn for himself his own place within the music market and find his own style, one that corresponds to the styles of the leading innovators of our time. Alan has also evolved his one-of-a-kind brilliance as a composer-innovator. Listen to his original timbral mixtures invented for the flute and sax in the unisons. It is where you can hear that Alan studied s.......
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Zarejestrowany z wielką pieczołowitością w Monochrom Studio debiutancki materiał na płytę Alan Balcerowski Quintet to wyrafinowany, pełen elegancji jazz. Kierunek twórczości kwintetu wyznacza fascynacja muzyką jazzową głównego nurtu oraz zamiłowanie do akustycznego brzmienia. Skład zespołu z dwoma instrumentami dętymi umożliwia wyjątkowe wrażenia sonorystyczne i bogactwo różnorodności improwizacji, które stanowią zasadniczą część prezentowanych utworów.
W pełni autorski program albumu „Looking Ahead” to osiem zróżnicowanych kompozycji lidera, które pozostawiają miejsce i na klasowe aranżacje, i na soczyste improwizatorskie popisy. Narracja kwintetu oczywiście ciąży ku jazzowej tradycji, co rusz jednak tradycyjne ramy rozsadza świeżość, otwartość i niezwykłość brzmienia zespołu.

"Muzyka Alana Balcerowskiego dowodzi, że w głównym nurcie jazzu ciągle jest miejsce na to, by mówić własnym głosem i to w bardzo atrakcyjny sposób"
Maciej Sikała

"Ludzie, słuchajcie muzyki Alana i zapamiętajcie to nazwisko: Alan Balcerowski – Tą płytą przedstawia się z przytupem!!!"
Krzesimir Dębski

"It must indeed be satisfying to be the teacher-professor of a talented, hardworking, bright and ambitious student.
All these qualities may be found in the hero of the new release from the Multikulti Project label. The hero is a fully-fledged artist, musician, saxophonist, flautist, composer, bandleader and arranger, the likes of him there being but few. In these rather challenging times for musicians, he has been able to earn for himself his own place within the music market and find his own style, one that corresponds to the styles of the leading innovators of our time. Alan has also evolved his one-of-a-kind brilliance as a composer-innovator. Listen to his original timbral mixtures invented for the flute and sax in the unisons. It is where you can hear that Alan studie.......
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