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by Dave Lynch Gambit moves the feet and touches the heart with its gorgeous melodies and moody, spacious arrangements, ample evidence that Matt Darriau's Paradox Trio are still around and kicking out the Balkan jams first heard on their debut disc a full decade ago. Their old Knitting Factory releases may have all gone out of print by the time the 2000s rolled around, but thanks to the Munich-based Enja label you can still experience the granddaddies of the old downtown Balkan jazz scene during the new millennium, and the recorded evidence suggests that saxophonist/clarinetist Darriau and company are as strong as ever. Darriau (who also plays a mean gaida -- a Balkan goatskin bagpipe) first cajoled Boston's Orange Then Blue big band into exploring Balkan musical forms back in the '80s. He (and others who spilled out of Boston music schools) brought the Balkan vibe south to N.Y.C. in the early '90s and was one of the very first to introduce an East-meets-West tone into the downtown jazz community. Darriau and the other members of his quartet (it's not really a trio) have been busy with many musical projects in addition to Paradox over the years (Darriau himself is probably best known as reedman for the Klezmatics), but they have found time to keep the Paradox flame burning, and music listeners are all the better for it. ... Read More...
| 原始名称 | Gambit |
|---|---|
| 发行时间 | 2005-01-01 |
| 名称 | gambit |
| 唱片公司 | enja |
| 收藏数 | 0 |
| 歌手 | paradox trio |
| 状态 | 未发布 |
| 语言 | 英语 |