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Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet Sets Pure Form for November, Backed by UK Solo Dates
Polish bassist Wojtek Mazolewski's Quintet will release Pure Form on Nov. 20 via NoPaper Records. The announcement, reported on Oct. 16, comes with the single Cordoba October and three UK solo bass concerts beginning Oct. 21 in London.
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet will release Pure Form on Nov. 20, 2026, on NoPaper Records. Jazzwise reported the announcement on Oct. 16, and the Polish music site CGM published the same day. The label's Bandcamp page lists vinyl, CD and digital editions and makes the lead single "Cordoba October" available now ahead of the full release.
According to Jazzwise and the Bandcamp notes, the album follows Beautiful People and the live set Live Spirit I with a more intimate, atmospheric program the group describes as "autumnal, cinematic and filled with a quiet sense of unease." The title refers to Pure Form, the artistic idea associated with Polish writer and artist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy. Bandcamp says some material came from sessions for Witkacy. Kompozycje Astronomiczne, a related project with actor Marcin Dorociński, whose voice appears on "No Beginning No End." South London vocalist Plumm, known for work with Levitation Orchestra, guests on "Polish Jazz."
The Bandcamp track list runs to ten pieces: "A Portrait of Autumn," "Golden Rise," "No Beginning No End," "Cordoba October," "Astral Blue," "First Pure Form," "Second Pure Form," "Polish Jazz," "Witkacy Cosmic Painter" and "PURE FORM Party." CGM and Jazzwise frame "Cordoba October" as the energetic, spiritual-jazz end of the record, set against the album's darker, inward mood.
Jazzwise also confirmed three UK solo bass dates for Mazolewski: Oct. 21 at Rough Trade East in London; Nov. 10 at St Nicholas Church in Leicester; and Nov. 12 at The Castle & Falcon in Birmingham. The London date falls two days after this article's Eastern Time publish window.
Mazolewski is a leading Polish jazz bassist whose Quintet has built an international following with earlier NoPaper releases. The new album keeps the focus on group interplay rather than vocals, aside from the Dorociński and Plumm appearances noted above.
JazzLib has not reviewed the full album; descriptions above follow the label page and the Oct. 16 press coverage of the announcement.