Maciej Obara Quartet

Frozen Silence

To compose his recent album 'Frozen Silence', he retreated to the mountainous landscape of Karkonosze in southwestern Poland, where his family comes from. The sparse, tranquil landscape is reflected in the music, which offers plenty of room for improvisation by Obara's band members. Pianist Dominik Wania, who Obara met in the band of trumpet legend Tómasz Stanko, is crucial to the band's sound. The band is completed by two greats of Scandinavian jazz, Norwegian double bassist Ole Morten Vågan and Swedish drummer Jon Fält.

'Frozen Silence' is Obara's third album on the famous label ECM Records, after 'Unloved' and 'Three Crowns', including arrangements of compositions by the famous Polish composers Henryk Górecki and Krzysztof Komeda.