Maciek Pysz and Gianluca Corona – London Stories (2017)

JUNE 25, 2017
BY SAMMY STEIN

Maciek Pysz and Gianluca Corona met briefly in the Blue Note Jazz Club in Milan and later at a jam session in an East London Jazz Bar. London Stories is the second collaborative album for these jazz guitarists, the first being Acustica in 2015.

Maciek Pysz is from Poland and has played with many great musicians, including drummer Asif Sirkis and bass player Yuri Goloubev, with whom he formed a trio. Tracks of his have been played on Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3. He has joined forces with sax player Tim Garland at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London and his debut album Insight proved a favorite with critics. He has recorded with Dot Time Records and 33Jazz Records.

Gianluca Corona has played venues including the Vortex in London. He has his own quartet and has made numerous recordings in collaboration with others. His new project with Pysz is a gentle musical journey, with compositions of varying style yet with an intrinsic connection in how they are played.


“Fresh Look,” the opening track from London Stories, is beautiful, atmospheric and with a smattering of shared chord progressions between the two guitar players. “Amici” has a Mediterranean feel, with a strolling lilt inbuilt to the texture and color painted by the interplay between the instruments. “Those Days” is gentle, with an over-arching theme picked out from acoustic guitar, delivered over a steady backdrop of strumming rhythms whilst the middle section concentrates on strong, deeper notes leading to a change in essence before the piece is out.

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Maciek Pysz Announces November Tour Dates

Jul 11, 2015, - P.McLarren

Recorded at Artesuono studio in Udine, Italy, ‘A Journey’ shows us that Maciek continues to raise his work to another dimension, reaching new heights stylistically, technically and emotionally. By using the eloquence and dance rhythms of a bandoneon and piano, Maciek describes his feelings about the people and places he encountered on his travels across Europe. He fell in love with the sound of the bandoneon instantly! This instrument contributes a magical atmosphere and something from another era to his music and provides a feeling of longing and nostalgia with which he identifies. Maciek’s sound is warm, natural, and conversational, his style is unhurried. Audiences are captivated by his original compositions, the delicacy and beautiful phrasing, the passion and joyfulness of execution.

Maciek , who continues to receive rave reviews from critics and audiences, was very forthcoming with his thoughts on the upcoming tour. “I am thrilled to be returning to many cities I have performed before. I’m excited to take my music to smaller towns such as Ashburton where there is a thriving jazz community, and to the Fisher Theatre in Bungay with its high tech auditorium. In Taunton I play at the Creative Innovation Centre which is an enterprising non-profit company putting the arts at the centre of the local community. I know the acoustics of St John the Evangelist in Oxford will be just perfect for my music. I am delighted that Daniele di Bonaventura will be joining me for the album launch.”

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