Vassilis Tsabropoulos
The Promise
Vassilis Tsabropoulos piano
The Other
Tale Of A Man
Smoke And Mirrors
Pearl
The Promise
The Other, var. I
Djivaeri
The Insider
Confession
Promenade
The Other, var. II
Recorded January 2007
ECM 2081
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The versatile Greek pianist has already outlined a broad arc of musical possibility in his recordings for ECM – from post-Bill Evans jazz with Arild Andersen to explorations of Gurdjieff’s nomadic sound-world with Anja Lechner. “The Promise” picks up the implications of his earlier solo recital “Akroasis” (“Hypnotic and mysterious, shimmering like ancient mosaics” – The Independent), but is more rigorously composed, carefully casting arpeggios into deep pools of silence. All pieces are Tsabropoulos originals, with the exception of “Djivaeri”, a Greek traditional tune. The album was recorded in 2008 in the resonant space of Athens’ Megaron Concert Hall, with Manfred Eicher producing.
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