Mihail Ivanov

Bodurov Trio: Senkya Padna

by Ian Patterson
February 4, 2023

Following the intimate Solo In Bonn (Opto Music, 2019) and Coalescence (Opto Music, 2020)--a duo album with electronics producer Ivan Shopov--pianist Dimitar Bodurov returns to the bread and butter of his trio with Senkya Padna. Flanked by long-standing collaborators Jens Dueppe on drums and Mihail Ivanov on bass, Bodurov once more draws on Bulgarian folk music as the launching pad for his own brand of contemporary jazz, one which relegates swing and the blues in favor of more personal rhythms ...