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Matt Darriau

Matt Darriau, saxophonist, clarinettist, ethnic-woodwind specialist and composer, Darriau has made several innovative contributions to the New York music scene. His background in the fertile and eclectic milieu of the New England Conservatory of Music's Third Stream Program in the 80's, and the continued practice of Balkan, Klezmer and Celtic folk idioms, have helped shape his aesthetic and passion for creating new and unusual music. He has been awarded grants and commissions from the NEA, Chamber Music America (2005/7) and is a Grammy winner (2007) with the Klezmatics. Jazziz magizine selected him as one of the 150 most influential jazz musicians of the last fifteen years, for the impact he has had in bringing Balkan and world rhythms to jazz with his band Paradox Trio

European Jazz Conference 2022

by Francesco Martinelli
October 18, 2022

European Jazz Conference 2022 Toplo Centrala Sofia, Bulgaria September 22-25, 2022 More than 300 professionals, representing 180 member organizations from 38 countries, came together in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, for the eighth annual European Jazz Conference. The event is organized by the Europe Jazz Network, an organization founded in 1987 ...

Paradox Trio - The Balkan Side of Downtown NYC

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 13, 2019

At some point in the '90s Balkan-tinged jazz was all the rage in the downtown scene that gravitated around the Knitting Factory and the Bell Café. Whereas many of the bands that were at the forefront of that movement are gone, a quarter century later, the Paradox Trio and its unique blend of jazz and creative ...

Hal Willner, Ex Eye, Bill Laswell, Zion 80 & Brandon Seabrook

by Martin Longley
July 22, 2016

Hal Willner The Stone June 14, 15, 17, 2016 Hal Willner spent six nights in residence at The Stone, presenting two sets each evening. This Philadelphian producer has immaculate taste, as illustrated by his greatest achievements: a series of conceptual albums that feature a host of carefully selected artists, assigned ...

Pyeng Threadgill and Brandon Terzic team for The Blues Sessions residency at Barbes

December 16, 2013

If the American Blues tradition has been overly saturated by endless retellings of the same songs by the same artists, it is not so much a declaration of a lull in creativity and innovation as much as it is a sign of how powerful the roots are. It is the well spring from which all current ...

David Fiuczynski: Salt, Sweat, Love, Tears

by George Colligan
November 2, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] David Fiuczynski is a very unique guitarist. Many of you know him from his successful band called Screaming Headless Torsos. He's played with Hasidic New Wave, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and pianist Hiromi. I first met David at a rehearsal with drummer ...

Hristo Vitchev and Liubomir Krastev: Rhodopa

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 24, 2013

Bulganin modern jazz guitarist Hristo Vitchev resides in the Bay Area and alternates between a variety of jazz formations. On Rhodopa, which is a mountainous region in Bulgaria (named after the character from the Greek mythology known also as Hera, sister of Zeus) he teams with clarinetist Liubomir Krastev who shares with him Bulgarian roots on ...

Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25: Groningen, The Netherlands, August 26-27, 2011

by John Sharpe
September 14, 2011

Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25Groningen, Netherlands August 26-27, 2011 Only in the Netherlands. Where else would anyone think to create such a harmonious conjugation of jazz and cycling? Now in its 25th year, the annual ZomerJazzFietsTour (Summer Jazz Cycling Tour) takes place in the bucolic countryside just outside Groningen in the northern Netherlands. ...

Paradox Trio with Bojan Z

By Matt Darriau

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Zdravo; 02. Faux Six with Glass; 03. Taipan; 04. La Petite Gitane; 05. Oj Ti Momce Orhidance; 06. Pomegranate; 07. The Turk from Downtown; 08. October Gaida.

Matt Darriau: Paradox Trio with Bojan Z

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 2, 2010

Il trio di Matt Darriau è in realtà da sempre un quartetto e in occasione del quinto lavoro discografico (per l'italiana Felmay) si trasforma addirittura in un quintetto, con la preziosa aggiunta del pianoforte di Bojan Zulfikarpasic (per gli amici Bojan Z). La miscela fra jazz e melodie balcaniche che ha sempre caratterizzato l'attività del gruppo ...