Tales
Ultra ℗ & © 2002 Krzysia Górniak
About Tales
The album Tales was created in 1998-2000, during Krzysia Górniak’s stay at the music studies in Graz. The period of studies was a time of traveling around Europe and a time of meeting musicians from different cultures. Tales is an international project, founded with Greek bassist Evangelos Tzimkas. Each of the compositions on Tales tells a story, hence the title of the album. The first three songs are compositions by Evangelos Tzimkas: My Friends At Home was written for friends in Kozani (Greece) and for all the musicians who come from there. Your Smile I See is about the beautiful smile of a girl he was very much in love with, and who is now his good friend. The song Nicolas was written for Tzimkas’ younger brother during his stay in Vienna, when he missed their jokes together. The next four compositions on the album are written by Krzysia Górniak: Lakki dedicated to Tzimkas, who was her best friend during his studies. When I Leave was written when she was leaving Sloniki, and the memories of beautiful Greece were still in her mind. Mikko wrote for the Finnish guitarist and tells about his personality which is a perfect combination of silence and energy, and in his eyes there is always the shyness of the beautiful snowy plains of Finland. Friends is simply a humorous story about friendship. Wings, a joint composition by Tzimkas and Górniak, is about flying, when wings help the soul to soar. The latest composition on the album by guitarist M. Iivannainen A Tale is part of the Finnish landscape and also part of life, it can be a story of many things, good and bad, but returning towards goodness and happiness… Krzysia Górniak
Krzysia Górniak – acoustic and electric guitar
Evangelos Tzimkas (Greece) – bass guitar
Mikko Iivannainen (Finland) – electric guitar (4, 5, 6, 7)
Bairam Istrefi Jr. (Albania) – drums (4 – 7, 9), percussion (2, 8)
Marc Vogel (Austria) – drums (1,2, 3, 8)
Jorg Micula (Austria) – percussion (3, 7)
Arrangement: Krzysia Górniak and Evangelos Tzimkas
Production: Krzysia Górniak
Recording direction, mix, mastering: Heimo Knopper, Neubau Studio Graz, Austria 1998-2000.
Cover image by: Krzysia Górniak
Pat Metheny o Tales:
,,I have been listening to your CD (Tales) – and you all sound really good on there! Nice blend between you and I think it is great that you seem to be working hard on trying to get your own group sound and concept happening!”
Listen
Songs from the album Tales by Krzysi Górniak Songs from the album Moments by Krzysi Górniak are available on YouTube and Spotify.
We invite you to listen to the entire album.
Lakki
Krzysia Górniak – electric guitar
Mikko Iivannainen – electric guitar
Evangelos Tzimkas – bass guitar
Bairam Istrefi Jr. – drums
Review
“(…) (Tales) ..these are stories that are often very private, lyrical, maintained in a refined ECM sound style. Themes or certain musical ideas become a kind of matter for the players, which they freely process for their own needs and it does not have to be subject to any stylistic restrictions or pressure from the listener. So, reflection, contemplation, and on the other hand epic momentum, an irresistible desire to make music together, to create an original mix of jazz, instrumental pop and even Latino. Unpretentious music that everyone can listen to. For listeners not fully accustomed to jazz, the Tales album will be an excellent source of moods, for jazz lovers – an opportunity to enjoy the nuances and colors of improvisations, strongly subdued in this case.” Przemek Psikuta, Jazz Forum 6/2002, str.74
Interview Jazz Forum 4-5/2020
My music is based on melodies that I have in my head, and then I try to transfer them to the instrument and expose them in compositions. There is a lot of emotion, but the pleasure of listening is based on an intellectual balance between tension and release.
Memories – Piotr Iwicki
A girl with a guitar is nothing surprising today. But a girl with a guitar who plays jazz on a world-class level, that’s something! Krzysia Górniak, as we’re talking about her, has just released her new album “Memories”. It’s magnificent!
Interview Top Guitar 2020
I lead a creative life filled with passions, apart from playing I draw, I create cycles of paintings showing a person in their various emotional states, there is a lot of love, contemplation, expectation, dreams. The paintings have a musical lightness in them…