Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby (1987)

1-Somebody Loves Me
2-They All Laughed
3-Prelude 2
4-Maybe
5-Fascinating Rhythm
6-Naughty Baby					play
7-Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
8-Embraceable You				play
9-Rhapsody in Blue
10-My Man's Gone Now
11-Summertime

Musicians:
Adam Makowicz: piano
Charlie Haden, Dave Holland: bass
Al Foster: drums

Adam Makowicz plays on this album 11 George Gershwin songs, including "They All Laughed," "Prelude #2," "Fascinating Rhythm" and more. The pianist is joined by two bassists, Dave Holland and Charlie Haden. Great music for jazz lovers! --- nme.com

This is quite simply a supreme piano album. The album's subtitle "Honoring George Gershwin" is substantiated by the witty arrangements of material ranging from "They All Laughed" to "Rhapsody in Blue", as well as by the playing of all four participants.

The album is included in "The Essential Jazz Records vol. 2" by Max Harrison and others, [my reason for seeking it out] where Harrison gives a full review and places it in relation to the pianist's other early recordings. To summarise, Makowicz is usually credited with phenomenal technique, but with little discussion of the use to which he puts it, but this of course is to miss the point. To quote Harrison, "Nowhere does the individuality of expression arise solely from complexity of method, as the toccata-like "Fascinatin' Rhythm" shows. This is close to a straightforward trio performance, at least at first; but as it unfolds this gesture towards conventionality serves to emphasise the personal nature of Makowicz's ideas in themselves and of the pianistic forms in which he casts them." --- T. A. King, amazon.com

The most unusual aspect of this typically exciting recital by Adam Makowicz is that on six of the 11 songs, the pianist is joined by two bassists, Dave Holland and Charlie Haden. Drummer Al Foster completes the group, and Haden is the only bassist on the remaining selections. Makowicz explores 11 George Gershwin songs, including "They All Laughed," "Prelude #2," "Fascinating Rhythm" and "Rhapsody In Blue." Although he shows great respect for the melodies, the pianist does come up with some fresh variations, even on the warhorses. ---Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

Adam Makowicz causó una fuerte impresión al llegar por primera vez a USA y en aquella época era habitualmente comparado con Art Tatum. Aunque su técnica está cercana al nivel de Tatum, Makowicz siempre tuvo su propio estilo mezclando distintos aspectos del jazz, del swing al bop. Comenzó tocando jazz a fines de los 50 y con Tomasz Stanko formó los Jazz Darings, una de las primeras bandas europeas de free-jazz. Lideró sus propios grupos en Varsovia y entre 1965 y 1970 tocó el piano eléctrico en la banda de Michal Urbaniak. También trabajó con Urszula Dudziak y grabó unos cuantos álbumes en Polonia antes de llegar en 1977 a los Estados Unidos. Aunque ya no tiene la misma publicidad de la que gozó inicialmente, Makowicz continúa mejorando como pianista. Ha grabado muchos discos como líder para Columbia, Stash, Choice, Sheffield Lab, Novus y Concord.

El aspecto más inusual de este típico recital de Makowicz es que en 6 de los 11 temas el pianista es acompańado por dos bajistas, Dave Holland y Charlie Haden. Completa el grupo el baterista Al Foster y en el resto de los temas queda Haden como único bajista. Makowicz explora 11 composiciones de George Gershwin incluyendo "They All Laughed", "Prelude #2", "Fascinating Rhythm" y "Rhapsody In Blue". Aunque demuestra gran respeto por las melodías, el pianista propone con frescura ciertas variaciones aún en aquellos temas que son un clásico caballo de batalla. ---allmusic.com

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