A transcendent talent
by Bruce Z on 12/11/23The Fillmore - San FranciscoRating: 5 out of 5Been waiting quite a while for a composer to captivate me such as this young lady from Poland has recently done. That wait is over. Then, she appeared live in my part of California. So that bucket list wait is also over.
She did not disappoint in this show. I am well acquainted with her cross genre, breadth and depth of music compositions. The quasi ambient electronica style that she is most recently exploring is not my favorite among all the other styles that she has explored so far. But it was an interestingly fit, very befitting of the music that graced the walls of this storied venue, the Fillmore, during those iconic Bill Graham years. At times it seemed as if she was channeling Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake and Palmer.
So, it was more of a nostalgic moment for this old music curmudgeon, than an experiencing of some of her more unique and forward thinking compositions. However, the complexity, the challenging arrangements and then her craftmanship, needed to pull this show off, was on full display and more than carried the night for me. It made for quite a show, that Friday night, in San Francisco.
I should also mention that getting there early combined with the fact that she is still early in her logarithmic rise of popularity on the west coast, gave me the opportunity for a very good viewing and listening spot amongst a full house standing* audience (*note: the Fillmore is still mostly that original dance floor that it was from the beginning and thus standing is what you still do there.).
Finally it was fun being around and talking with so many other enthusiastic audience members, Both young and old, many of whom had just discovered this phenom. In the meantime I am going to push to get her at a future Monterey Jazz Festival, in my home town. And where she can show off her euro minimalist / jazz chops.