Spisek Szesciu / Complot of Six (POL) for J-R/F
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Topic: Spisek Szesciu / Complot of Six (POL) for J-R/F
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: Spisek Szesciu / Complot of Six (POL) for J-R/F
Date Posted: July 16 2025 at 12:47
 SPISEK SZEŚCIU was an obscure Polish fusion band, active for about four years between 1972 and 1976, which left only one album behind. The group was formed in October 1972 on the initiative of Włodzimierz Wiński (tenor and baritone saxophone, leader), who invited to cooperate: Zbigniew Czwojda (trumpet), Leszek Paszko (trombone), Bogusław Razik (keyboards), Andrzej Pluszcz (bass guitar) and Adam Bielawski (drums). Drummers Zbigniew Lewandowski and Eugeniusz Mańko also worked with the group. SPISEK ŚZEŚCIU made its debut in 1973 at the Student Jazz Festival ‘Jazz nad Odrą’ in Wrocław, where it received an honourable mention. They took part in this event three more times: in 1974 (first prize) and between 1975 and 1976. In March 1975, the band recorded their only longplay “Complot of Six” (the title is the translation of the band's name to English) in Wrocław (Polish Jazz vol. 45). The album was recorded live in the studio, that is, just as in concert, all tracks at once, from the first second to the last bar, with no studio tweaks or overlays. The session immortalised on the album is most reminiscent of the Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi period, as well as the Miles Davis' electric period (albums such as Bitches Brew and Big Fun come to mind). The album has been reissued only in 2017 by Polskie Nagrania / Warner Music Poland both on CD and vinyl. In July 1976, singer Halina Frąckowiak, accompanied by Spisek Sześciu, began a tour of Poland. The band ceased to exist in the same year, and the formation's musicians became part of groups: Spisek (W. Wiński, L. Paszko) and Crash (Z. Czwojda, A. Pluszcz, A. Bielawski, Z. Lewandowski).  Tracklist: 1. Wizje = Visions (19:44) Na Krawędzi = On the Edge Pojedynek = The Duel Modlitwa = A Prayer 2. Amorphous (6:25) 3. Pieprzem I Solą = With Salt And Pepper (3:54) 4. Epitaphium (8:53) ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 16 2025 at 15:01
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Hi, A really enjoyable listen, although my thoughts are that this belongs in the Jazz Music Archives, more than it does here on PA. Either way, this is a wonderful listen, and it's not exactly very conventional and its free form material is a lot of fun to listen to. A really good listen ... quite enjoyable. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: July 16 2025 at 18:05
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It's more Big Band than the typical "Proghead-friendly" variant of Jazz Fusion to my ear. It's fun to listen to as background music, but as with a lot of 70s jazz albums, it suffers from total lack of construction, for it has no arrangement structure or any recurring leifmotifs, just a bunch of folks jamming around. Like, after I finish listening to this type of jazz album, I remember absolutely nothing from what I've just heard. ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 16 2025 at 21:17
Hi, I really think at the time and place that a lot of folks were trying hard to make music that ... made no sense, or had any "western logic" as in our minds expecting this or that. As such, and the beginning of "krautrock" is exactly about that, it is always more interesting to listen to and try to find some idea, or musical this or that, which is not there. When you go to the album Tago Mago (Can), the two long cuts are just that ... you're not going to not remember a whole lot ... I do remember a doggie and a bunch of Damo screams ... and you certainly do not have a "theme" that you can whistle along to ... and even Holger specified about that in the CAN website for a long time ... music with no western ideals on it, but a life of its own, and this is something that we all ... even here on PA ... have a hard time with ... there are folks out there that make music, with its improvisational ideals as way out there in the universe, completely disconnected ... and all you and I can do is ... hmmm ... that's different ... but our appreciation suggers when we start comparing the forms and the work itself. This "comparison" is something I fight hard to not fall into, because the next moment is "favorite" and right after that? It's just like pop music, and you whistle the melody and all that. Hearing these, is always a treat, since there are so few folks that can do this well at all, and specially as a group ... where the unity and ideas need to be in sync for things to work, and in this case, it is about making sure there are no ideas to put in sync with anything at all ... It's actually better music sometimes. I like to suggest listening to Carl Stalling by picking up one CD or so ... if you see the cartoon, the music makes a lot of sense, because it is tied up to the visual and the fun stuff in the cartoon ... but when you reverse that process, guess what? You get lost i nthe first 15 seconds, because you can not always visualize enough of anything to make it work visually. It is a side step of what was called something else in music some 75 years ago, but I honestly think that looking for something in it ... is the wrong music for it! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Hrychu wrote:Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 07:39
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BUMP! Thanks for your input, folks! Let's see what the team says... ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |