''Upojenie'' (English: ''Ecstasy'') is a 2002 collaboration between singer
Anna Maria Jopek and guitarist
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progr ...
, recorded in Warsaw, Poland. It features Jopek's compositions and traditional folk song arrangements, as well as some of Metheny's well-known tracks, such as "Are You Going with Me?" and "Follow Me". Finally, there is "Polskie drogi" ("Polish Paths") – a cover of a main theme for a film series of the same title by
Andrzej Kurylewicz.
In 2008 an international edition of the album was released by
Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly called Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Non ...
. The running order of the selections is different and three additional songs are included.
Track listing
*Tracks 7, 16, and 17 are only on the international edition (2008).
Personnel
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Anna Maria Jopek – vocals, electric piano
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Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progr ...
– guitars, guitar synthesizer, 42-string guitar, synthesizers (tracks 1–5 and 7–14)
* Cezary Konrad – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9–13)
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Leszek Możdżer – piano (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9–11)
* Pawel Bzim Zarecki – synthesizers, organ, percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11–13)
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Darek Oleszkiewicz
Darek Oleszkiewicz (born February 20, 1963), also known as Darek Oles, is a jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and educator.
Biography
Oleszkiewicz was born in Wrocław, Poland, on February 20, 1963. He lived in Kraków in the early 1980s, then m ...
– double bass (tracks 2 and 9–14)
* Wojciech Kowalewski – percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 13)
* Piotr Nazaruk – flute, recorder, hammered dulcimer, banjo, vocals, percussion (tracks 2, 5, and 7)
* Marcin Pospieszalski – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, and 7)
* Henryk Miśkiewicz – soprano saxophone (tracks 8 and 11)
* Mateusz Pospieszalski – synthesizer (tracks 9 and 13)
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Mino Cinelu – percussion (tracks 11 and 13)
* Orchestra conducted by Mateusz Pospieszalski (tracks 9 and 13)
* Bernard Maseli – vibraphone (track 9)
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Marek Napiórkowski
Marek Napiórkowski (born 27 October 1969 in Jelenia Góra) is a Polish jazz guitarist and composer.
Music career
He has worked with Pat Metheny, Richard Bona, Mino Cinelu, Marcus Miller, Angelique Kidjo, John Taylor, Dhafer Youssef, Grego ...
– guitar (track 11)
* Barney – alien voices (track 7)
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
External links
album description of Anna Maria Jopek's official siteAllAboutJazz review by Marc Sabbatini
Jazz albums by Polish artists
Pat Metheny albums
2002 albums
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