Trickster 3.2

Singer Cymin Samawatie and percussionist Ketan Bhatti from the Berlin-based group Cyminology apply their poetic musical language on a larger scale with the Trickster Orchestra. Under Cymin and Ketan’s artistic direction, the orchestra interprets their characteristic blend of transcultural modern music. Cymin draws inspiration from traditional verses, spanning psalms to texts by Sufi poets Rumi and Hafiz, this time around performing lyrics not only in Farsi but also in Hebrew, Turkish and Arabic. With the growth of instrumentation comes an expansion of dynamics, textures and colours.

TRICKSTER was founded in Birmingham, UK around 1976 by singer Phil Bates who previously played in Kwil and other local acts (He would release the terrific album 'Power' with the band Atlantic in the '90s). Trickster was signed by Jet Records, the same of ELO, so it isn't strange that after the debut album in 1978 Trickster toured Europe supporting them. For the second LP "Back To Zero" the band turned their sound into a more sophisticated affair adding strong Melodic Rock and AOR elements to their music following the trend arriving from America at the end of the seventies.

British rock group, formed by Phil Bates in 1976. Recorded an album, "Find The Lady", for United Artists. Trickster signed to Jet Records when Don Arden became their manager. They went on tour as ELO's support act on their legendary "Out Of The Blue" tour in 1978. Recorded a second album, "Back To Zero", with a different line up in 1979. The single "I'm Satisfied" enjoyed some chart success. Their next single "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" got extensive airplay in the USA, but did not do very well in the charts. The group was not satisfied with their record company, but Jet Records wouldn't let them out of their contract. Their European tours with Boston and John Miles and their British tour with Violinski led to interest from other major labels and the band almost signed to RCA before they finally decided to split in 1980.

Laszlo Gardony - The Legend of Tsumi (1988) {Island–Antilles 791250-2}
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Jazz / Post-Bop / Straight-Ahead Jazz / Piano

Laszlo Gardony, a classically-trained pianist from Hungary, moved to the U.S. in 1983. The most impressive aspect of this performance is how the pianist totally integrates his playing with that of his sidemen (bassist Dave Holland and drummer Bill Moses) so they speak in one unified voice. Moses is quite subtle throughout while Holland and Gardony follow each other's moves very closely. The leader's seven originals are not easy to play (often using tricky time signatures) yet all of the selections are heard in their first takes and there are never any signs of hesitation. The one flaw to the music is that at that point in time Laszlo Gardony sounded a great deal like Keith Jarrett, especially in his use of repetition and the infusion of folk melodies into a jazz setting. But otherwise, this is an easily recommended set of stimulating music.