Lancette Arts Journal |
CD Reviews From our Archives |
September 2007 |
Indigo Bliss, Adam Makowicz,
Timely Manor, distributed by Universal Music Canada,
TM-117-02, about 75 minutes of playing time
By Alidė Kohlhaas
Those of us who have grown up with jazz sometimes take this musical art form for granted. We have our favorites, and we expect nothing but the best work from solo artists on the piano, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, drums, or our favorite orchestra or quartet, you name it. The variations are endless.
Imagine growing up in a country where jazz is looked upon with suspicion, or is even a forbidden art form. Then, one day you hear the music by sheer accident in a forbidden bar, or on a radio that has picked up a broadcast from beyond the borders of your isolated country. For a would-be young musician this can be a tremendous discovery. In the case of a very young Adam Makowicz it became a life-altering event.
The Voice of America pierced the Iron Curtain on a regular basis. One of those broadcasts, featuring Willis Conover as host, exposed the teen-aged Adam to jazz in the mid-1950s. Like so many youngsters everywhere, he studied the piano and classical music. Suddenly he discovers the likes of Errol Garner, whose improvisations often went way outside the borders of the tune that was the original inspiration for Garner's . . .
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