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Trio Tragico


Trio Tragico
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Trio Tragico

Trio Tragico

If today's fragmented jazz community resembled the fraternity it was during the classic periods of labels such as Blue Note and Contemporary, clarinetist Andy Biskin's compositions might be showing up on many albums besides his own.... Trio Tragico is at once relaxed, ambitious and deceptive. It's a chamber-jazz record in the most veracious sense. —K. Leander Williams, Time Out New York

The beautifully crafted miniature compositions on this album fuse jazz, classical, and social music into highly personal hybrid forms. Biskin's composing for Trio Tragico emphasizes ensemble balance and its overall sound, rather than individual soloists. Joining Biskin are two virtuosos of modern improvised music, Dave Ballou (trumpet) and Drew Gress (bass).

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