This is the debut album by Polish guitarist / composer Stanislaw Janaszak recorded in a classic guitar trio setting with bassist Lukasz Gronowski and drummers Marek Skibicki or Jakub Szwarc. The trio is expanded into a quartet with saxophonist Kacper Krupa (on five tracks) or Jaroslaw Wisniewski (on one track). The album presents ten tracks, all composed by Janaszak (one inspired by a Classical piece).

The music encompasses diverse stylistic references, from Classical, via Jazz, Blues and even Rock influences. Janaszak’s Classical schooling is evident and his guitar playing mannerisms are strongly influenced by his Classical background, which in fact is a whiff of fresh air as far as guitar albums are concerned.

The compositions are somewhat hesitant and reflect a searching process, which is not surprising in debut albums. This results in the music shifting gear across genres, without committing to a coherent continuous expression, but again this is probably the effect of trying to find the path of a debut album.

Overall, this is quite an unusual guitar album, which shows advanced guitar technique and unconventional compositional approach, with something for every listener to like, obviously especially interesting to guitar aficionados. Definitely worth checking out!

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