Night in Calisia is a jazz album recorded by Randy Brecker, the Wlodek Pawlik Trio, the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra and Adam Klocek.
"The Tykocin music is directly connected with the history of the Brecker's family battle with Michael's disease, (...) whereas the compositions for Kalisz are lacking any clear programme.
I was rather playing with form, picturing completely abstract and surreal associations for example within the titles, referring to the wanderings of merchants on the ancient Amber Road, on which, according to Roman books, the settlement known as Calisia lay," said Włodzimierz Pawlik in an interview with Jazz Forum magazine.
[4] In a review for All About Jazz, Nicholas F. Mondello praised the album calling it "a gem," an "exuberantly satisfying recording," and "a sprawling, beautiful and inspiring performance which, through Pawlik's effusive musical pageantry, Brecker's outstanding playing, and the orchestra's hometown fervor, appropriately helped the ancient town celebrate its 1850th anniversary.
"[8] In December 2012, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita hailed Night in Calisia the Jazz Album of the Year.