Release Date: 26 July 2019
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028386712022
Genres: Jazz  Avant-garde  
Release Date: 26 July 2019
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028386712022
Genres: Jazz  Avant-garde  
Description
SLAM Productions label owner and saxophonist George Haslam with an improvised duo alongside Greek multi-instrumentalist Nikolas Skordas.
"I went to visit Nikolas in Thessaloniki, December 2018. We played a few gigs there and in Athens, I took my taragato and zither, also various sax mouthpieces - I borrowed his alto for the gigs; he played tenor and soprano saxes and various ethnic flutes, bagpipes etc.. It was my first outing with zither, which I had bought in auction a couple of years earlier. I have not learnt the technique of playing it but I have experimented with sounds, I like the natural acoustic feeling.
Anyway, in addition to the gigs and a workshop in Greece we recorded a session in Shellac Recording Studios Thessaloniki, vocalist Sophia Koroxenou, who had made the tour possible, joined us in the studio."
Personnel: Nikolas Skordas (soprano & tenor saxophones, tarogato, traditional flutes), George Haslam (tarogato, alto sax, zither), Sophia Koroxenou (voice tracks 8 & 10)
Tracklisting
Paul Rutherford, George Haslam & Samuli Mikkonen Trio
Pippo Lionni, Sergio Corbini & Stefano Franceschini
David Bitelli & Ollie Usiskin
Paul Dunmall & Kevin Figes
Kevin Figes & Julie Tippetts
Toni Germani Quartet
Howard Riley, Art Themen, Mario Castronari & Trevor Tomkins
HackOut!
Paul Rutherford, George Haslam & Samuli Mikkonen Trio
Lars Jansson; Erik Soderlind; Niklas Fernqvist; Paul Svanberg
Kevin Reveyrand; Isabelle Sajot; Celine Bonacina; Thomas Leleu; Stephane Edouard
Rabbit Rabbit Radio
Mnemonist Orchestra
Judith Berkson; Trevor Dunn; Gerald Cleaver
Elina Duni; Rob Luft
Jess Green, Sandy Evans & Dylan van der Schyff