NAJPONK, MRAZ G., FISHWICK M. - FINAL TOUCH OF JAZZ (2015)

Final Touch of Jazz

Najponk / George Mraz / Matt Fishwick

1. Hackensack (take 1) (Thelonious Monk)

2. Minority (Gigi Gryce)

3. Comin’ Home Baby (Ben Tucker)

4. Third Plane (Ron Carter)

5. Sam Sack (Milt Jackson)

6. For All We Know (trio version) (J. Fred Coots))

7. After You’ve Gone (Turner Layton)

8. Kelly Blue (Wynton C. Kelly)

9. For All We Know (piano version) (J. Fred Coots)

10. For All Swingin’ Cats / Don’t Forget Lester Young (Najponk)

11. Hackensack (take 2) (Thelonious Monk)

Najponk – piano

George Mraz – bass

Matt Fishwick – drums

Najponk, the pianist who has been focusing his whole career on masterful performance of classical jazz repertoire, has invited legendary bassist George Mraz and British drummer Matt Fishwick to join him on his new trio album. The collection of exceptional performances of more or less known pieces from Najponk´s songbook of his favorite standards, also contains works by Thelonious Monk and Ron Carter as well as one of Najponk´s own compositions.

Pianista Najponk, koncentrující celou svou kariéru na mistrovské zvládnutí klasického jazzového repertoáru, pozval na své nové triové album legendárního kontrabasistu Georga Mraze a britského bubeníka Matta Fishwicka. Instrumentálně mimořádně zvládnutá kolekce nahrávek zahrnuje více i méně známé skladby z Najponkova zpěvníku standardního repertoáru, včetně děl Thelonia Monka a Rona Cartera, jakož i jednu vlastní Najponkovu skladbu.

(Animal Music 2015)