Saxophonist Cene Resnik seeks spiritual focus in his free playing with his trio of drummer Marko Lasic (Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra, Alchemical Playgrounds) and pianist Giorgio Pacorig, finding the perfect foil in Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek, as they take the stage at the 2018 Jazz Cerkno Festival for this extended energetic, introspective, & spiritual concert.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: Portugal Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels Recorded live at the 23rd Jazz Cerkno Festival on May 17th, 2018 | Recorded, mixed and mastered by Borut Celik
"You can call it instant composition, free improvised music or creative jazz, but for the Slovenian tenor saxophonist Cene Resnik what really matters is what comes naturally. The communion with nature, and specifically with the naturality of sound, be it producing it (by himself and his companions) or perceiving it (the audience gathered in a venue to hear him), is key to understand his personal philosophy. That's why he is committed to explore (sometimes to the limit) the capabilities of his instrument with no interferences, those offered by preparations with objects or electronic devices.
This focus on the saxophone, and on the relation between the saxophone and his body, has surprising results: at some point you understand it's not only a question of applied techniques (some are conventional, others extended and of his own invention), in order to obtain the variety of colors and overtones he manage to control. Under all that there's a human factor: Resnik plays as a form of meditation, inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist teachings, and the experience can get particularly transcendental. Being in the present moment is somehow getting out of time and getting out of space: improvisation as a kind of trance music.
In the American's cornetist (here playing piccolo trumpet) Rob Mazurek, the special guest in Age of Chaos, Resnik found a partner in this love for the natural sonic properties. It's a delight to watch how they interact together, seeming to escape their physical restraints to travel in the air with the waves of sound. Simply magnificent, either for those who want to know what Cene Resnik has more to offer and for all the fans of the mind and soul behind the Chicago Underground projects and of the Exploding Star Orchestra."-Clean Feed
"Cene Resnik has studied jazz saxophone at the Klagenfurt conservatory and attended workshops with masters such as Reggie Workman, Doug Hammond, Joe Zawinul, and Greg Osby. He is one of the more active mid-generation musicians, playing in numerous international bands, such as Cene Resnik Quartet, which he published an album at Clean Feed with. His style of playing is influenced by Buddhism, which Resnik has been practising for many years. Yet, his music is not tranquil and meditative, but energetic, introspective, spiritual free jazz. Drummer Marko Lasič is known from numerous ensembles such as Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra, Orkester brez meja, Kombo, Alchemical Playgrounds, Kača, Sraka in Lev, Trus! and The Puzzled. Pianist Giorgio Pacorig graduated from the Trieste Conservatory of Giuseppe Tartini in 1996; since 1989, he has been active on the jazz and improvisational scenes. He has fifty albums under his belt being either a leader or a sideman. Exclusively for our festival the trio will be joined by Rob Mazurek from the Chicago / London Underground quartet."-Jazz Cerkno Festival