Hoo-Ha
Circum-Disc, 2024
9/10
The trio of Christine Wodrascka, Paulina Owczarek and Peter Orins, as Woo they pen 3 detailed, free jazz pieces that are both artistic and unpredictable.
The distinct mood of “Why Not” starts the listen with Wodrascka’s animated keys alongside Orins’ skilled drumming and soulful sax bouts from Owczarek for the 30+ minutes of atypical jazz.
“Spacer w angielskim ogrodzie” follows, and uses field recording like sounds amid sparse keys and much ambience, and “Hoo-Ha” exits with a nearly sci-fi presence that emits wild sax, exciting keys and animated drumming.
The trio became acquainted in 2022, and it didn’t take long for them to realize there was a connection that needed to be explored. This effort is both live and studio produced, and it balances power, experimentation and sonically charged free jazz with incredible, technical gestures.
Travels well with: Ternoy Cruz Orins- The Theory Of Constraints; Kaze- Unwritten