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Iacchus by Premazzi / Nasser Quartet

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Album Title: From What I Recall
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025

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About the Album

Italian pianist Simona Premazzi and Boston native saxophonist Kyle Nasser met in New York and found themselves on gigs together over the last decade. Formalizing their musical partnership as a collaborative entity in 2021, they teamed with bassist Noah Garabedian and drummer Jay Sawyer to explore their own take on highly melodic modernist jazz blended with harmonies and techniques from classical music. From the major jazz venues in New York, to festivals around the US and South America, the Premazzi / Nasser Quartet further defined their sound, built on lustrous melodies, vivid compositions and a dynamic group aesthetic. "Cycling rhythms and recurrent melodic themes propel the saxophonist's music through an ever-evolving terrain of advanced harmony and raw emotion...cerebral without being pretentious, gnarly but far from vulgar." DownBeat

Tracks

Iacchus; Back Seat; Persistence of Change; Raoul Blues; Intro to Stalking; Stalking; Requiem for K.O.; Knock Out; Rocks That Aren't So Smooth; From What I Recall; Scamander.

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Reviews

From What I Recall by Angelo Leonardi
From What I Recall by Dan McClenaghan

Date featured

April 28, 2025

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