Charlie Mariano & Opus Absolutum
NDR - Rolf Lieberman Studio
Hamburg, Germany
April 8, 2005


* Charlie Mariano and Vitold Rek have been working together since 2000, first in trio with Karl Berger. Since then two CDs with Charlie and Vitold
have been released on Taso Music, Vitold Rek The Polish Folk Explosion (TMP 507, 2002) and Charlie Mariano & Vitold Rek opus absolutum (TMP 509, 2003):
the next one Charlie Mariano & Vitold Rek �Cathedral� is in preparation and will be released on Taso, early summer 2005.

In spring 2003 a studio recording took place with both artists (feat. Vladislav Sendetzki/p and Martin France/dr).
This material was released on Taso Music in November 2003 as Charlie Mariano & Vitold Rek opus absolutum and received
enthusiastic reviews. In Vitold�s words: "I put this group together especially for this CD production: we had never played
together before in this constellation. My musical friendship with Charlie Mariano had begun a couple of years earlier
through Karl Berger, we played concerts together as a trio, and in 2001 I invited Charlie to a studio recording with
Albert Mangelsdorff, John Tchicai and six Polish folk musicians. This music came out in 2002 on the CD,
Vitold Rek- The Polish Folk Explosion (Taso Music TMP 507). On opus absolutum we play almost exclusively works
which I composed with Charlie in mind: without his spirit and creative energy this music wouldn�t have come into being!�

Since then the group has played several concerts in Germany and Poland and in 2005 the group will be performing in the
NDR Radio Studio Hamburg (7.+ 8. April 2005).

Music by Vitold Rek


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Personnel:
Charlie Mariano (as)
Wladislaw Sendetzki (p)
Vitold Rek (b, comp)
Martin France (d)


Tracklist:
1. Intro by radio announcer 0:56
2. Zbigy 9:15
3. Fellow 8:30
4. Prayers and wishes 7:36
5. Baghdad 7:06
6. Opus Absolutum 7:10
7. Hey you 6:49
8. For good and all 11:39


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