Vladyslav Sendecki Roots live at Rolf- Liebermann-Studio 2011

Vladyslav Sendecki (p)
Frank Delle (sax)
Michael Schiefel (voc)
Patrice Héral (dr)
Stephan Maass (perc)
recorded live at Rolf- Liebermann-Studio, NDR, Hamburg, September 8/9, 2011

1. Rain Dance (Trad.)
2. Piano Interlude (Vladyslav Sendecki)
3. Hymnus (Vladyslav Sendecki)
4. Krakowiak (Trad.)
5. Dubrowmica (Trad.)
6. Komeda Hommage (Vladyslav Sendecki)
7. Obertas (Trad.)
8. Back Where I Belong (Vladyslav Sendecki)
9. The Ballad (Vladyslav Sendecki)

Even though New York’s Village Voice named Sendecki “one of the world’s top five jazz pianists” he first had to endure a long struggle with himself and the music scene before he became what he is today. Born in 1955 in Gorlice in Poland, Sendecki first learnt classical piano in the great tradition of his home country. It was only the records by Western greats, that he secretly heard during his time at the Frederic-Chopin conservatory and the Krakow music academy, which brought him latterly to jazz. In 1981 he emigrated to Switzerland where he started an international career, playing with Klaus Doldinger’s Passport group, Billy Cobham, Michael and Randy Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, Joe Henderson, Lenny White and Charlie Mariano. But in the long term, he wasn’t fulfilled with the role of the highly regarded “musicians’ musician.” A period of self contemplation followed during which he hardly played for years until he moved to Hamburg and, in 1996, became a piano soloist with the internationally acclaimed NDR Big Band.

With his new band project Roots he reflects on traditional songs from his home. His latest CD available is the solo album "Solo Piano live at Schloss Elmau", released on ACT.