Bijan Taghavi Press Kit
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Press Quotes from TrioGram
MICHAEL TOLAND REVIEW
"...one of the most refreshing piano trios in some time."
"...one of the most refreshing piano trios in some time."
TEXTURA REVIEW
"...Taghavi's lithe 'Changes' brings the trio's Evans-like side to the fore..."
"...Taghavi's lithe 'Changes' brings the trio's Evans-like side to the fore..."
LONDON JAZZ NEWS
"Bijan’s orchestration on 'Asojano,' I think is great: only he could have come up with that. It’s a highly pentatonic vocal melody. It’s a Yoruba, Afro-Cuban chant, and then he put all this orchestration behind it that makes it a piano-trio-friendly tune, which is not easy. That’s a completely separate skill, and separate from even improvising."
"Bijan’s orchestration on 'Asojano,' I think is great: only he could have come up with that. It’s a highly pentatonic vocal melody. It’s a Yoruba, Afro-Cuban chant, and then he put all this orchestration behind it that makes it a piano-trio-friendly tune, which is not easy. That’s a completely separate skill, and separate from even improvising."
ALLABOUTJAZZ
"Hopskotching through some tricky chordal 'Changes,' bringing some jaunty Americana to the bandstand with the bright highlight of 'Lalyc's Groove'... they make sure the conversation is gripping and the playfulness infectious."
"Hopskotching through some tricky chordal 'Changes,' bringing some jaunty Americana to the bandstand with the bright highlight of 'Lalyc's Groove'... they make sure the conversation is gripping and the playfulness infectious."
JAZZDAGAMA
"...the manner in which these musicians read each other’s musical thoughts, divine each other’s conceptions and respond harmonically and rhythmically to the limitless possibilities of melodic invention, one is easily reminded of the best of... Bill Evans’ Trios."
"[The] musical design is sublime... Textures are often spare. Harmonies are rich. Dramatic tension is high..."
"...the manner in which these musicians read each other’s musical thoughts, divine each other’s conceptions and respond harmonically and rhythmically to the limitless possibilities of melodic invention, one is easily reminded of the best of... Bill Evans’ Trios."
"[The] musical design is sublime... Textures are often spare. Harmonies are rich. Dramatic tension is high..."