STANISLAW JANASZAK ~ GRUNGE JAZZ
SOLITON 1485 (Barcode: 5903684234950) ~ POLAND ~ Jazz-Rock Fusion
Recorded: 2025 Released: 2025

This is the 3rd album by Polish guitarist / composer Stanislaw Janaszak, recorded in a trio setting with bass guitarist Nikodem Kluczynski and drummer Maciej Burzynski. The album presents nine tracks, seven of which are original compositions by Janaszak, one is by John Coltrane and finally one is by Curt Cobain.

Janaszak continues his stylistic preferences exhibited on his earlier recordings, which mix cross-genre influences with Jazzy improvisations, with the music focusing on his guitar performances, which are quite impressive. There is something for everyone here, from various Rock oriented pieces, Bluesy ballads, Jazzy licks and so on. The sound is definitely somewhat “Grunge” oriented, but the music is not mimicking the heavy metal stylistics, but hinting towards the raw, distorted feel.

My favorite piece is (not surprisingly) the interpretation of the Coltrane’s “Equinox”, which gets an up-to-date version, sixty-five years after it was composed, and which sounds completely contemporary, proving Coltrane’s eternal Genius.

Overall, this is a pleasant, very well-conceived and executed piece of music, which might interest both Fusion and Rock listeners, guitar enthusiasts and people who like unconventional experiments. To be approached without prejudice.

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