Wisława (album)

Wisława is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko's New York Quartet.

Dedicated to poet and Nobel Prize-winner Wisława Szymborska, the album was recorded in 2012 and released on the ECM label the following year.

[1] The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Throughout this set, Stańko leads this band as he has many others: by example.

[2] Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham observed "Wisława is a dream-ticket jazz meeting between a cutting-edge European legend, and an equally honed triumvirate of pioneering New York-based youth".

[3] The JazzTimes review by Lloyd Sachs said "What makes Wisława (pronounced vees-WAH-vah) striking is Stanko’s ability to push into a more assertive, wide-awake style, rhythmically as well as melodically, without sacrificing the dark-glowing, middle-of-the-night emotion for which he’s known".