"A Highland Ballad" released!

Newest release with my participation “A Highland Ballad”– from British label NSR – just delivered by Mr Postman today. Featuring violinist Feargus Hetherington and me on piano. Beautiful cover photo by Douglas Whates and gorgeous music by Scottish composers! Love it.

28-30.06.2011 in Filharmonia Podkarpacka in Rzeszów (Poland), Feargus and me recorded some great classical material for violin and piano. On up coming CD you will find “Highland Ballad” by Mackenzie.

CD will be released under Natural Studio Records.

5 December 2012

Lumière available in Japan!

We just received these photos showing the Japanese import version of our album Lumière!

This is a new import series of jazz releases with a Polish angle, presented by Japanese label ‘Cześć ! Records’ and in collaboration with one of Tokyo’s best loved record stores, Disk Union.

Now available in record stores and online throughout Japan.

13 August 2012

Lumière

Lumière—an engaging new album from Mira Opalińska and Douglas Whates. With a lightness of touch and a darkness of sound, the piano and bass duo improvise on their unique arrangements of works by classic film and world cinema composers.

On-line reviews:

Bartek Adamczak (PL) – Jazz Alchemist
Blogger (USA) – A Jazz Listener’s Thoughts blog
Robert Ratajczak (PL) – Long Play blog
Yoshinori Shirao (JP ) – Jazz Blog from Japan
Stephen Graham (UK) – Marlbank
Iain Mann (UK) – The Jazz Mann blog

15 March 2012
album cover