Alice Zawadzki

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Loosely connected to the jazz world but realistically inhabiting her own realm, Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London, with considerable repute as “a genuine original” (The Guardian), and a distinctive and individual presence on the creative European music scene.

Alice’s rich musical background and “whimsical hyper-creativity” (MOJO Magazine) create a sound which draws upon her early exposure to New Orleans jazz and gospel with the legendary Lillian Boutté who took Alice under her wing and on tour as a teenager, an extensive classical training as a violinist, and a continuous exploration of improvisation, poetry, and folk music from diverse traditions, “all propelled in a voice of velvet suppleness and gutsy emotional power” (The Arts Desk).

Alice’s long-awaited third studio album Za Górami, will be released by the iconic ECM Records in September 2024, and sees her at work with two long-term collaborators, pianist Fred Thomas, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado. Inhabiting their own stylistic realm which encompasses Mediterranean folk song, chamber music, improvisation, and the world of acoustic jazz, the clear empathy and synergy harnessed by these three musicians is the result of almost a decade’s work together. Their music is guided by a special emphasis on intimacy, delicacy of sound and space, and subtle interaction – qualities which led them to ECM Records, whose founder Manfred Eicher produced the album in Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo in June 2023.

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Tender in spirit and defiantly anti-genre... A cornucopia of delights

Jazzwise

Folk and classical influences intertwine on this Anglo-Polish singer and violinist's second. Zawadzki's larynx is a supple, expressive, rousing delight, it's harmonic flexibility tested by folkloric tales sensually scored by the Amika string quartet...as maverick as Fever Ray or Joanna Newsome. Expect the unexpected

Mojo