In a liminal state between traditional music and improvisation, what brings Raphael Roginski to gnration in October is John Coltrane. In 2015, the Polish guitarist released an album in which he interpreted, in his own unique way, classics by the American jazz legend.
With a perspective outside the jazz tradition, Roginski slowed down and stripped down Coltrane’s songs in search of an intimacy and mysticism that transcend form and genre, the result of a strong connection to Jewish culture and the traditions of Central and Eastern Europe. The result is almost unrecognizable compositions that reveal the polyphonic complexity of Coltrane’s work, while being guided by the vocabulary of one of the most unique guitarists in European music.