Petros Klampanis

Tora Collective (ENJ-9822 2)

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Title Tora Collective

Author Petros Klampanis

Label Enja

EAN 767522982220

Reference ENJ 172894

LABEL CODE ENJ-9822 2

STYLE JAZZ

DISCS NUMBER 1

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Petros Klampanis creates one of his most inventive musical settings to date with 'Tora Collective', his sixth album as a leader.

For Klampanis, who grew up in Athens, Greece surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk cultures, making music has always meant navigating cultural crossroads. With Tora Collective he puts traditional Greek music at the centre, even as he presents it from a bold new angle.

In addition to the two new originals "Disoriented" and "South By Southeast," Klampanis and his compact hybrid jazz/Greek folk ensemble interpret popular Greek songs such as "Xehorismata," "Sibethera," "Hariklaki" and "Menexedes Kai Zoumboulia." These songs, Klampanis asserts, are "not just part of Greek cultural heritage or a fragment of the past, but also as part of the future: they live into the present, breathe into the 'here and now,' while constantly evolving in a dynamic state and in dialogue with contemporary music."