A special trio that combines chamber jazz with oriental folk. The eclectic trumpet player Eric Vloeimans and pianist Jeroen van Vliet still know each other from Vloeimans' electric band . The classically trained Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh played in Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, among others. He met Vloeimans during the European Cultural event and it clicked immediately. The recordings of this
… CD were made during a concert in the Lantaren / Venster in Rotterdam. But the audience present cannot be heard. That must have been very quiet during the intense and concentrated playing of this trio. The atmosphere is dark and still, almost ambient. Sometimes this is cut through with a surprising swipe by Vloeimans or Azmeh, or a classical arpeggio by Van Vliet. But above all, the trio plays closely together on this extremely atmospheric album. (MR)more
