Anyone who's been devouring the albums that Art Pepper's widow, Laurie, has been releasing of the great alto saxophonist's hidden treasures will find something of these recordings' spirit, especially Unreleased Art Vol lll, in this second album by Cumbernauld's own saxophone treasure.
There are some fundamental differences: Konrad Wiszniewski plays tenor and soprano rather than alto. His playing doesn't have quite the raw, frank emotion that life on the edge gave Pepper's and his band here hasn't been touring the way Pepper's final band did. They still manage to project a similar, essentially jubilant togetherness, however, and across a varied programme of moods Wiszniewski confirms his reputation as a player with plenty to say and a consistently absorbing way of saying it. Any of the nine tracks, some of which are familiar from Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson's New Focus project, would make good places to start but the relaxed shuffle of Feel, the well-named Happy Dance and a rampant reading of Bronislaw Kaper's Invitation are particularly persuasive.
Rob Adams
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article