What makes Horst’s music so fascinating? It is the blending of earthy blues sounds, the extravagant romanticism, the hot swing and the carefully spun impressionist touches. It is pulsating soul rhythms and the way exciting melodic lines come to the fore while competing with thrusting bass lines. It is the no-nonsense statement of melody with cleverly used phrases from other tunes. It is the question + answer jests and the contrapuntal statement which all combines to lift Jankowski’s music. In his playing the stylistic influences of greats such as Hines, Tatum, Garner, Silver and Peterson are not used as boring clichés but in the flow of spontaneous ideas become legitimate and meaningful means of expression. But you cannot do justice to music with words alone, it has to be heard.
Horst Jankowski - Piano
13 tr.
Zone E