Spark of Life is an album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski's Trio with saxophonist Joakim Milder recorded in 2014 and released on the ECM label.[1][2][3]

Spark of Life
Studio album by Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder
Released	October 7, 2014
Recorded	March 2014
Studio	Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:44
Label	ECM ECM 2400
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Marcin Wasilewski chronology
Faithful (2010) Spark of Life (2014)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[4]
All About Jazz	[5]

In JazzTimes Jeff Tamarkin wrote: "Wasilewski and his compatriots habitually roll out one stately, even-tempered melody after the next, giving each plenty of simmer time before ultimately coming out the other side, regardless of what happens along the way, without having broken a sweat. (This is an ECM record, after all.)".[6] The Guardian's critic John Fordham observed: "It’s all right up to Wasilewski Trio standards, and Milder is a shadowy but fascinating presence".[4] On All About Jazz John Kelman observed "Spark of Life is another stellar collection from a trio predicated on the value of longevity and leveraging the opportunities this now late-thirty-something trio has been afforded to build a language all its own ... With the addition of Milder on roughly half of this 74-minute program, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio has managed to retain its core strengths while adding something new to avoid any pitfalls of predictability".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Marcin Wasilewski, except where indicated.

1. "Austin" - 7:07
2. "Sudovian" - 6:28
3. "Spark of Life" - 6:33
4. "Do Rycerzy, Do Szlachy, Do Mieszczan" (Pawel Krawczyk, Katarzyna Nosowska, Marcin Żabiełowicz) - 4:37
5. "Message In a Bottle" (Sting) - 7:36
6. "Sleep Safe and Warm" (Krzysztof Komeda) - 6:55
7. "Three Reflections" - 8:33
8. "Still" (Joakim Milder) - 6:44
9. "Actual Proof" (Herbie Hancock) - 6:05
10. "Largo" (Grażyna Bacewicz) - 8:05
11. "Spark of Life" - 5:01

Personnel

• Marcin Wasilewski - piano
• Slawomir Kurkiewicz - bass
• Michal Miskiewicz - drums
• Joakim Milder - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8)

References

External links

• Marcin Wasilewski Trio at culture.pl