Kroke - Quartet Live at home 2004

Kroke (Yiddish för Krakow) är en Polsk trio grundad 1992 i Krakow av tre vänner och studenter vid Musikakademien i Krakow, Tomasz Lato (kontrabas), Tomasz Kukurba (viola), and Jerzy Bawoł (dragspel)

Kroke gjorde sig först kända som ett Klezmer-band, och de bjöds tidigt in till flera folkmusikevenemang och -festivaler i Sverige, bland andra Umeå folkmusikfestival, MADE-festivalen (2006) och Urkult (2004 och 2010), men de har också tydliga jazzinfluenser. 2004-2007 var trion oftast en kvartett, i och med samarbetet med slagverkaren Tomasz Grochot. (wikipedia)

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The two Kroke concerts at Radio Krakow Studio on October 9th and 10th, 2003, have been something special. They were concerts of a group that after years of intensive touring all over Europe felt obliged to thank their friends in their home town for their long-time support, and at the same time it was an opportunity to introduce percussionist Tomasz Grochot, with whom the Trio worked since their collaboration with Nigel Kennedy for several concerts and studio sessions. (.kroke.krakow.pl)

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Kroke - Quartet-live at home 2003
(Berlin Oriente Musik 2004)

1. Sun
2. Voice
3. Childhood
4. Rhythm
5. Usual happiness
6. Light in the darkness - (T4-2)
7. Time
8. Waves
9. Ajdejano
10. Cave


Tomasz Kukurba: viola, voclas, flute, darabuka (4)
Jerzy Bawol: accordion
Tomasz Lato: double bass
Tomasz Grochot: drums, percussion, water

Recorded live by Dariusz Grela
at Radio Krakow Studio S-5, October 9th and 10th, 2003.
Mixed by Dariusz Grela at NLD Studio, Krakow, January 2004.