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Lovely avant-garde/post bop effort from Polish saxophonist and flautist Leszek Zadlo. Great sax player playing with high intensity and a beautiful, full tone on his tenor. I dig the whole band a lot. We have Joe Haider on piano, Isla Eckinger on double bass and Joe Nay on drums. They play very tight and produces a thick, steady backdrop for Zadlo to improvise over. The sound is great. Quite bass-heavy which is something I enjoy.

This title seem quite scarce. The cover often has lamination issues which is the case on my copy as well. No matter, it’s old and I can live with that.

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Enjoyable effort from German jazz group Changes. A modal/post bop album with some really good tunes. This group was one of the leading outfits on the German jazz scene in the late 70’s and early 80’s.

The musicianship is great and I like trumpeter Uli Beckerhoff in particular. Great player. I also dig his two compositions on the second side a lot. Wolfgang Engstfeld on soprano and tenor sax is a wonderful player as well. The rhythm section consists of Ed Kröger in piano, Detlef Beier on double bass and Peter Weiss on drums and they lay a solid foundation as well as contributing to some really tasteful interplay between each other and both soloists.

Favorite pick is probably Beckerhoff’s ”Yaiza”, the last tune on the second side on which Engstfeld plays a beautiful soprano solo. Beckerhoff lays down a wonderful trumpet statement as well.

Under the radar for sure, but worth checking out.

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"Thoughts" by the Leszek Zadlo Quartett on Ego 4003

"Some More Changes" by Changes on Ego 4022