Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Brothers (2017)

The title of Adam Bałdych’s previous album from 2015 was “Bridges”. And indeed, the Polish violinist is one of the leading builders of bridges between genres in current European jazz. Only 31 years old, he already has a whole sheaf of distinguished awards to his name, notably an ECHO Jazz Prize. His music combines Polish folk, classical music and many different kinds of jazz. He plays with an astonishing technical range, in which classical finesse is combined with swirling improvisation - and the defiant energy and power of rock music. Since 2015, Bałdych has been building these kinds of bridges in the company of the Norwegian Helge Lien Trio. “With Helge, Frode and Per Oddvar we have clocked up thousands of kilometres together; these musicians are way more than just a backing band,” says the violinist.Adam Bałdych’s new album is calle…

Tracklist:

01. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Prelude
02. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Elegy
03. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Faith
04. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Love
05. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - One
06. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Brothers
07. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Hallelujah
08. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Shadows
09. Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg - Coda