Title: Emotions Artist: Stepanka Balcarova Label: Animal Music Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8594211850247 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2023-09-15 Number of Discs: 1
On her new album; trumpetist and composer Å tepánka Balcarová; the recipient of the Andel Award for the best jazz album of 2022; delves deep into human emotions. She quotes her recent experience of becoming a mother as her main source of inspiration: "Certain emotions receive a totally new dimension with motherhood. I used to think I knew what it meant to be angry or indignant; for example; and was able to rationalize such emotions; draw relevant consequences and thus come to term with them. With children; however; one often finds oneself in situations that don't allow for such distancing. This immediacy affects both negative and positive emotions. I've come to see them in an entirely new light." In the eight compositions comprised in her new album; Å tepánka represents eight basic human emotions; as they have been defined by American psychologist Robert Plutchik: joy; trust; fear; surprise; sadness; disgust; anger and anticipation. A concert programme based on the concept of Emotions was premiered in 2022. Å tepánka Balcarová recorded the album with a Czech-Polish quartet featuring Nikola Kolodziejczyk (piano); JaromÃr Honzák (double bass) and Grzegorz Maslowski (drums). The same line-up also collaborated with her on the album Life and Hapiness of Julian Tuwim (Animal Music 2017) and the live album Å testà (Happiness; Radioservis 2022) which includes orchestral versions of the repertoire for which Å tepánka Balcarová received the Andel Award.
