5028386712022

Lethe

George Haslam & Nikolas Skordas

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Format: CD

Cat No: SLAMCD333

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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. River Of Hades
      • 2. The Windows
      • 3. Conversation With Birds
      • 4. Spiritual Fall
      • 5. Life In Wrong Way
      • 6. Nostos
      • 7. No Plans
      • 8. Eternal Dreams
      • 9. Praying In Desert
      • 10. Lethe