The Komeda Project, by Andrea Keller & Miroslav Bukovsky

The Komeda Project

by Andrea Keller & Miroslav Bukovsky

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1.	Sleep Safe Lullaby (Rosemary's Baby) 08:41	info	buy track
2.	Bareira 9:3 (Le Depart) 01:06	info	buy track
3.	Chaque Heure (Every Hour) (Le Depart) 05:16	info	buy track
4.	Bareira 9:2 (Le Depart) 00:44	info	buy track
5.	Wyrok (The Verdict) 08:36	info	buy track
6.	Collage (Le Depart) 03:53	info	buy track
7.	Svantetic 09:35	info	buy track
8.	Bareira 9:1 (Le Depart) 01:06	info	buy track
9.	Knife in the Water 08:02	info	buy track
10.	Alfred Over Rooftops (The Fearless Vampire Killers) 10:31	info	buy track
11.	Le Depart (Main Theme) 02:47	info	buy track

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The Komeda Project was an octet comprising musicians based in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, who performed reimagined renditions of works composed by Polish pianist and composer, Krzysztof Komeda (1931 – 1968). The group was formed and co-lead by Melbourne-based pianist/composer Andrea Keller and Canberra-based trumpeter/composer Miroslav Bukovsky. Both musicians (consequently of Czech heritage) already had a keen interest in the music of Komeda when Peter Rechniewski, co-founder and former artistic director of the Sydney Improvised Music Association, approached them with a proposal to create contemporary arrangements of a selection of Komeda’s works for premiere at the 2014 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival.

Featuring Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet), Erkki Veltheim (violin), Andrew Robson (alto & baritone saxophone), James Greening (trombone), Ben Hauptmann (guitar), Andrea Keller (piano), Jonathan Zwartz (double bass) and Evan Mannell (drum set), The Komeda Project
existed as a glorious burst of musical energy for a relatively short period of time. With only four live performances, including the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival (November 2014), the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival (December 2014), The Stonnington Jazz Festival (Melbourne May 2015), and for the Sydney Improvised Music Association (Sydney June 2015), they managed to squeeze in a recording on the day of their MWIJF gig (December 11, 2014), at the ABC Melbourne, for Gerry Koster’s former program Jazz Up Late, broadcast on ABC Classic FM.

The music presented on this recording, is a medley of pieces from Krzysztof Komeda’s soundtrack for Roman Polanski’s 1962 film ‘Knife In The Water’, similarly a medley of themes from Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘Le Depart’ from 1967, and themes from Jerzy Passendorfer's 1962 film ‘Wyrok’ (‘The Verdict’), arranged and reinterpreted by Keller, and Bukovsky’s arrangements of ‘Alfred Over Rooftops’ from Polanski's 1967 ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’ (or, ‘Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck’), ‘Svantetic’ from the 1965 album by the Krzysztof Komeda Quintet, ‘Astigmatic’, and the unforgettable melody of the lullaby, ‘Sleep Safe And Warm’ from Polanski’s 1968 film ‘Rosemary's Baby’, which launched the film maker’s international career. Although it’s taken nearly four years to release, the music and the performances from the Komeda Project’s whirlwind existence, are worth the wait.

“Extraordinary solos by an extraordinary band… Some themes leaned towards vaudeville, while others were wild and dark and others distilled a peculiarly European sweet melancholy.”
Review of SIWJF performance by John Clare, November 11, 2014, www.sima.org.au/GigReviews

“Masterful arrangements often moved as swiftly as a film in fast motion, darting from woozily plodding rhythms to graceful dances or majestic horn-led crescendos…It made for an exhilarating evening of music, played with intense focus by an awe-inspiring group of musicians.”
Review of MWIJF performance by: Jessica Nicholas, December 12, 2014, theage.com.au

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released November 1, 2018

11 tracks composed by Krzysztof Komeda, reimagined and arranged by Andrea Keller & Miroslav Bukovsky
Tracks 1, 7 & 10 concept and arrangement by Miroslav Bukovsky
Tracks 2 - 6, 8, 9 & 11 concept and arrangement by Andrea Keller

Performed by: Erkki Veltheim (violin), Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet), Andrew Robson (saxophones), James Greening (trombone), Ben Hauptmann (guitar), Andrea Keller (piano), Jonathan Zwartz (double bass) & Evan Mannell (drums set).

Recorded at the ABC studios, Southbank, Melbourne, Australia
December 11, 2014.
Recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for Jazz Up Late.
Recording Engineer: Chris Lawson.
Mixed & mastered by Philip Rex at Paper Mache Studio
Designed by Luke Fraser/Ahr+

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Andrea Keller Melbourne, Australia

Andrea Keller is an Australian pianist and composer, dedicated to the performance and creation of contemporary jazz and improvised music.
She has created and devised numerous albums and projects, and has been highly lauded, receiving three ARIA Awards, five Australian Jazz ‘Bell’ Awards, two Art Music Awards, and fellowships from the MCA/Freedman Foundation and the Australia Council. ... more

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