Murphyho zkon – CD

This pop-swing album by Jan Smigmator contains twelve songs with Czech lyrics. Produced by multi-genre pianist, arranger and producer Jan Steinsdrfer, it features pianist Ivo Kahnek and celebrates ten years since the beginning of Smigmators solo career, five years after the successful Sinatrology project, and his fifth album. Smigmator presents all sides of his voice and contributes lyrics to several songs, as well as co-writing music with Czech-German pianist Svatopluk F. Smola. Alongside original songs and international standards, the album includes several songs from the repertoire of German singer Roger Cicero, with Czech lyrics written for Smigmator by Vclav Kopta, Josef Neas and Ester Koikov. The album grew out of Jazz Picnic, a music project that Smigmator launched in his own garden during the summer of 2020. He also regularly studied singing in New York with legendary American singer Marilyn Maye. The Harlem-Brooklyn sound comes from Hammond organ player Ondej Pivec, whom Smigmator worked with while Pivec was otherwise performing with Gregory Porter. The tracklist includes Murphyho zkon, Nco se val, Vol mma, Msn eka, Poustevnk, Dopisy z nebe, Mj arodj, Dmsk fenomn, Piano story, Rychlk do Harlemu, Nic vc, nic m and Jsi moje A i Zet.