Firasso – Tales (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:21 minutes | 458 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fine Music
Tales is the debut album from Firasso: a trio which unites three musicians who, in normal circumstances, may never have crossed paths.
The group unites a classical clarinetist, an accordion player specialised in ‘new music’ and a jazz double bassist.
Together, they fuse a post-genre mix of music which draws on the musical vocabulary of tango, klezmer, Balkan music and French musette.
The music – all original compositions – is one of contrast: affectionate and melancholic one moment, rich, fiery and passionate the next.
The line-up may be unusual, but the instruments are joined together by their warmth: Robert Beck’s mellow, woody tone on the clarinet, the depth of Nils Imhorst’s double bass and Marko Kassl with the unmistakable sound of accordion – unique as the only polyphonic wind instrument out there.
For the musicians, the spirit of this project comes down to life: exciting, sad, angry, cheerful… sometimes even bizarre.
Each unpacks his own stories, musical or otherwise and, together, they find common ground.
Influenced by the corona times they – like everyone else – were living in, Firasso skilfully combines sadness and wit into 13 highly original songs.
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