Drifter

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DrifterBursting with energy, FLOW echoes the fluidity and brilliance of Keith Jarrett’s European Quartetcombining hypnotic riffs, absorbing melodies with elegant improvised piano phrases from Tuomarila, intertwined with Kummert’s haunting vocal chants and virtuosic, harmonically rich saxophone solos.Flow, released 17 July 20151. Crow Hill2. The Elegist3. Lighthouse4. Harmattan5. Nothing Ever Lasts6. Breathing Out My Soul7. Touei8. King of Pain9. Vagabond1. CROW HILL Alexi Tuomarila2. THE ELEGIST Alexi Tuomarila3. LIGHTHOUSE Nicolas Kummert4. HARMATTAN Nicolas Kummert5. NOTHING EVER LASTS Music by Alexi Tuomarila Lyrics by Axel Gilain6. BREATHING OUT MY SOUL Nicolas Kummert7. TOUEÏ Axel Gilain8. KING OF PAIN Sting, arr. Alexi Tuomarila9. VAGABOND Alexi TuomarilaFLOW is the new album from the Belgium based quartet DRIFTER, co-led by Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and Belgium saxophonist Nicolas Kummert, who won huge praise and acclaim across Europe and Australia as the Alexi Tuomarila Quartet in the early 2000’s. Tuomarila shared the stage with some of the biggest names in jazz and his international profile was rocketing when, without warning label Warner Jazz ditched all jazz and classical acts leaving the band without any clear management or career direction. In the following decade during which the pianist and saxophonist expanded their musical horizons with constant touring, the band’s special relationship was not forgotten and, finally, the time was right for both Tuomarila and Kummert to reform the original quartet with a new sense of purpose and energy under the new collective name of DRIFTER. This next phase in the quartet’s history sees the band fuse the youthful energy and vibrancy of ten years ago with the experience of a decade on tour playing with some of the biggest names on the Euro-pean jazz scene. As Tuomarila explains: “The music means so much more now. Ten years ago, we were just playing tunes that we loved to play. Now the music comes from within us and somehow encapsulates the feel-ings of the last ten years: having our recording contract taken away, the development of our friendship as a band and the greater sense of purpose we all have in our lives. It’s so exciting for us’.Edition Records’ recording connection with Alexi go back to the release of his acclaimed trio album Seven Hills (2013), but as a label we’ve been fans of the quartet since they first emerged onto the European scene and have watched their separate careers with great interest in the intervening decade. So it is with great pleasure that we are able to work with the group and help restore them to their rightful place at the top of the European, and world, jazz tree.This young band, in their 20s when they recorded O2, have been hugely influential on a generation of young jazz artists.

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