A1 	Song Of Hope	6:35
A2 	For The Professores	8:42
A3 	Dance Of The Inhabitan	5:01
B1 	Tina Blues	6:32
B2 	Here, There And Everywhere	5:55
B3 	Old Indian Head	8:14
B4 	Jaga Blues	2:54

Bass – Andrzej Cudzich
Drums – Czesław Bartkowski
Piano – Artur Dutkiewicz
Saxophone – Tomasz Szukalski

Dorobek nagraniowy Tomasza Szukalskiego w roli lidera jest niezwykle istotny i równie niedostępny. W zasadzie bez problemu znajdziecie któreś ze wznowień albumu „Tina Kamila” i „Time Killers” 3 liderów – Karolaka, Szukalskiego i Bartkowskiego. Dalej już zaczynają się schody i wyzwanie. „Tina Blues” z 1986 roku jest w zasadzie niedostępny i tylko raz, niekoniecznie legalnie wznowiony. ---jazzpress.pl

Tomasz Szukalski (born end of December 1947 in Warsaw, Poland; died August 2nd, 2012 in Piaseczno) was a talented jazz musician. His main instrument was tenor saxophone, but he was also a master of soprano saxophone and bass clarinet. Tomasz was playing with Rashied Ali, Arild Andersen, Palle Danielsson, Gil Goldstein, Dave Holland, Antti Hytti, Albert Mangelsdorff, Palle Mikkelborg, Terje Rypdal, Tomasz Stańko, Edward Vesala, Michał Urbaniak, John Surman, to name but a few, and was recording for the famous ECM label as well.

Tomasz Szukalski was one of the most important but probably most underappreciated Jazz musicians in the history of Polish Jazz. He was a multi-talented artist who contributed to the numbers of most important milestones of Polish and European Jazz, including albums by leaders like Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski and Tomasz Stańko. His charisma on those recordings was always very distinct and always present, in many cases he almost "steals" the record from the leader (just listen to Szukalski on Edward Vesala's "Satu").

In 1977, Szukalski joined probably the most important band in Polish Jazz of 1980s - The Quartet. In 1984 along with Czesław Bartkowski (drums) and Wojciech Karolak (keyboards), Szukalski co-leaded another "band without a leader" - Time Killers. The group recorded only one self-titled album but it marked the history of Polish Jazz. Jazz Forum's critics survey in 1990s found "Time Killers" to be the Best Polish Jazz Record of 1980's, and in many critics opinion probably the best example of exciting adaptation of Weather Report's language into Polish Jazz idiom.

Tomasz Szukalski died August 2nd 2012, homeless in a nursing asylum in Piaseczno after being depropriated and massively invigilated by stalinist opressors resulting in a long period of illness. He was 65 years old. ---last.fm

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01. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
02. Laura
03. Like Someone in Love
04. Dolej olej
05. In a Sentimental Mood
06. Stardust
07. Lonesome Dancer
08. Ballada o spełnionych snach
09. My One and Only Love
10. Tina Kamila

Tomasz Szukalski - tenor sax
Czesław Bartkowski - drums
Dariusz Oleszkiewicz - double bass
Wojciech Karolak - piano
Grand Standard Orchestra Jana Pt. Wróblewskiego

This wonderful album is the debut recording as a leader by Polish Jazz saxophonist / composer Tomasz Szukalski, one of the veterans of the local scene. Although Szukalski has been active on the scene for many years and participated in many recordings, the opportunity to make an album under his own name came only relatively late in his career path. This album is quite a surprise in many respects, as it presents Szukalski playing Jazz standards accompanied by the Grand Standard Orchestra led and conducted by Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski. His tenor sounds absolutely marvelous against the orchestra's strings and the album is one of the most beautifully melodic Polish Jazz releases. Stylistically the album resembles similar sax and strings recordings, such as those by Ben Webster for example, and Szukalski's virtuosity and incredible feel easily match those of the legendary Jazz Masters. He is accompanied by a great rhythm section with pianist Wojciech Karolak, bassist Dariusz Oleszkiewicz and drummer Czeslaw Bartkowski. The music comprises mostly of Jazz standards, but includes also compositions by Polish Jazz composers like Karolak, Wroblewski, Bronislaw Suchanek and one tune by the Szukalski himself. In retrospect this album lost nothing of its power and intrinsic beauty, and any Jazz lover in the world should be able to enjoy it wholeheartedly. Brilliant stuff! --- Adam Baruch, polish-jazz.blogspot.com

Tomasz Szukalski - wybitny muzyk, geniusz saksofonu, jeden z największych w polskim jazzie, nie unikający jednak flirtów z muzyką rockową. "Tina Kamila" to płyta nagrana w 1986 roku z orkiestrą Jana Ptaszyna Wróblewskiego Grand Standard Orchestra i ze znakomitą sekcja rytmiczną - Wojciech Karolak na fortepianie, Dariusz Oleszkiewicz na kontrabasie i Czesław Bartkowski na perkusji. I oczywiście Tomasz Szukalski na tenorze. A w repertuarze płyty - największe przeboje jazzu popularnego: "Stardust", "In A Sentimental Mood", "My One And Only Love". ---merlin.pl

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1.Body And Soul 
2.Taki sobie walczyk
3.My One And Only Love
4.Taniec wuja Toma 
5.Pieśń portugalska
6.In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

Tomasz Szukalski – saxophones
Artur Dutkiewicz – piano, synthesizer
Andrzej Cudzich – bass
Marek Stach – drums

The career of Tomasz Szukalski began in the late 60s, when he joined some big bands, jazz orchestras and accompanying jazz bands: Partita, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Ochalski, Big Band Stodola, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Wlodzimierz Nahorny, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Chalturnik, Novi Singers.

In the mid 70s, a very fruitful collaboration with trumpeter Tomasz Stanko started, followed by experiments with the legendary polish rock band SBB and finally in 1977 Tomasz together with Slawomir Kulpowicz, Pawel Jarzebski and Janusz Stefanski formed The Quartet also touring the United States.

The polish martial law stopped and destroyed many artistic activities, nonetheless Tomasz recorded calm American standards with the orchestra of Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, world class fusion with his old friends Wojciech Karolak and Czeslaw Bartkowski and formed his own new Quartet with Artur Dutkiewicz, Marek Stach and Andrzej Cudzich.

After the martial law Tom continued the collaboration with his old friend Wojciech Karolak and started a long lasting fruitful relationship with a young pianist Artur Dutkiewicz. The nineties and the new century were also full of sessions with many well known polish artists: Anna Maria Jopek, Aga Zaryan, Wojciech Majewski, Grzegorz Karnas, Tadeusz Nalepa, Tomasz Stanko, Piotr Wojtasik. Tomasz formed many ad-hoc bands of his own: Duo Sz-Sz with Janusz Szprot, a band with the french trumpet player Alain Brunet, Tomasz Szukalski - Jarek Smietana Quartet and others.

Tom's last great live tours took place in 2007 with Apostolis Anthimos Quartet featuring Arild Andersen and Krzysztof Dziedzic and in 2008 with Apostolis Anthimos Quartet featuring Arild Andersen and Janusz Skowron. --- Mariusz Zych, imdb.com

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