Tristan Driessens: oud,
Christos Barbas: ney, piano, vocals, lavta,
Nathan Daems: tenor saxophone, ney,
Annemie Osborne: cello,
Andrea Piccioni: tamburello, riqq, bendir,
Levent Yıldırım: doholla, percussion set-up.
PRESS
“A timeless masterpiece, convincing on all aspects”
Moorsmagazine (NL)“The Belgian oudist Tristan Driessens has so far been known primarily as a specialist for Turkish music. On his new production, he sets off into new realms with the newly formed soolmaan sextet: The musicians from Greece, Turkey, Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium create largely leisurely, dreamy sound tableaus that float freely between the Bosporus and India, with flute, sax, ney, cello, piano and tamburello igniting an imaginary folklore infected by jazz, but never becoming too demanding.”
JazzThing (DE)“In recent years, the composer and accomplished oud player Tristan Driessens has mainly worked with the classical music of the Ottoman court as a soloist or with his “Soolmaan” sextet, thus building a musical bridge between the Orient and the Occident. His latest work, which was created together with musicians from Turkey, Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium, also follows the tradition of Arabic and Middle Eastern music. Tristan and his crew combine improvisational elements with jazzy dramaturgy and enchanting harmonies.” Frank Zöllner.
InMusic (DE)
DESCRIPTION
In 2022, Tristan Driessens wrote a cycle of new compositions as part of his creative trajectory as an artist-in-residence at the Concertgebouw of Bruges. For this occasion, Soolmaan became a six piece ensemble with established musicians coming from Greece, Turkey, Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium. The Kashgul album line-up consists of the Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutenist Nathan Daems, the Greek ney virtuoso, pianist and singer Christos Barbas, Italian tamburello pioneer Andrea Piccioni, Turkish doholla virtuoso Levent Yildirim and cellist from Luxemburg Annemie Osborne. The upcoming album Kashgul will be physically and digitally released on the 26th of May 2023 by the Seyir Muzik record label. The album presents new compositions where powerful contrasts and improvisations reveal a jazz approach, inspired by the music from India, Persia and the Ottoman empire.
