Krzysztof Komeda - Astigmatic (1966)

Many regard this as the paragon of European jazz recordings.Critic Stuart Nicholson describes the album as "marking a shift away from the dominant American approach with the emergence of a specific European aesthetic." Komeda was a master pianist who, besides leading his quintet, paid his bills by providing soundtrack scores to over seventy films, including the Polanski films Rosemary's Baby, Knife In the Water, Fearless Vampire Killers, all of which are brilliant, by the way, and show his amazing versatility. As is the case with many of the finest among us, Komeda died tragically all too early, four days before his 38th birthday.

Krzysztof

Video is a piece not included on this album, and in fact doesn't accurately represent what you'll find on Astigmatic, but it goes to show the man's genius.