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JAZZ

MAREK NAPIÓRKOWSKI

Hipokamp

Marek Napiórkowski, guitar; Jan Smoczyński, electric keyboards; Pawel Dobrowolski, drums; Luis Ribiero, percussion; Adam Pierończyk, soprano saxophone Agora 001 (CD). 2019. Marek Napiórkowski, prod.; Leszek Kamiński, eng.

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Even if you travel frequently in Europe and pay attention to jazz from that continent, you can still be surprised. Marek Napiórkowski is so good, and so unheralded, that you wonder what other badasses lurk under the radar in places like Poland, where he lives.

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