DARK EYES — TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET
CD REVIEW (ECM Records) **** POLISH trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, whose albums Soul of Things (2003) and Suspended Night (2004) were gonged by Australia’s Bell Awards judges, once said he loved the “extremely great melancholy mood” of Antonioni’s film Il Grido. Stanko’s sublimely mournful playing is a brooding presence in this restrained outing, as he welcomes two Finns — pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori … Continue reading DARK EYES — TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET
