Poetry sees Bałdych move away from the virtuosic solo playing of his previous records, blending his own sound with that of his new ensemble. Bałdych’s Quintet – with Marek Konarski on tenor saxophone, Krzysztof Dys on piano, Michał Barański on double bass and Dawid Fortuna on drums – is joined by trumpeter Paolo Fresu on five of the tracks of the album.
"We also hear a saxophonist with whom Baldych feels a particularly strong affinity, Marek Konarski. Both musicians grew up in the same town, Gorzów, roughly ten years apart.Their paths diverged in the years Konarski made his home in Denmark, where he is still involved in several projects. Bałdych says: “He is younger than me, but we have so much in common I sometimes feel we must have known each other in a past life.” That sense that this group is producing music which is rooted in a past reality is there right from the opening track, “I Remember”.
