Colin Vallon Trio at PDX Jazz - Tony Starlight's Spring Lineup

Colin Vallon Trio
Rruga

Colin Vallon: piano
Patrice Moret: double-bass
Samuel Rohrer: drums

Release Date: May 10, 2011

“Rruga”, meaning path, road or journey in Albanian, is the evocative title of the ECM debut by the trio of pianist Colin Vallon, bassist Patrice Moret and drummer Samuel Rohrer. After shared musical experiences on the Swiss jazz scene, they began their trio journey five years ago, and have grown into one of Europe’s most promising bands, shaping a rugged and individual music, inspired by songs and singers, and by the music of the Balkan region as well as by the jazz tradition. Challenging conventions of the modern jazz piano trio, the instrumentalists meet on equal terms as the music is created, arranged and developed collectively....

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Colin Vallon Trio
Rruga

Colin Vallon: piano
Patrice Moret: double-bass
Samuel Rohrer: drums

Release Date: May 10, 2011

“Rruga”, meaning path, road or journey in Albanian, is the evocative title of the ECM debut by the trio of pianist Colin Vallon, bassist Patrice Moret and drummer Samuel Rohrer. After shared musical experiences on the Swiss jazz scene, they began their trio journey five years ago, and have grown into one of Europe’s most promising bands, shaping a rugged and individual music, inspired by songs and singers, and by the music of the Balkan region as well as by the jazz tradition. Challenging conventions of the modern jazz piano trio, the instrumentalists meet on equal terms as the music is created, arranged and developed collectively.

To sample a few tracks, please click here: http://player.ecmrecords.com/vallon

Here is also a great video of the song "Rruga": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz_1p7ROY2I

Upcoming performances of music by Colin Vallon Trio in USA (1st tour):
May 19th - Baltimore, MD - An Die Musik Live!
May 20th - New York, NY - Rubin Museum of Art
May 21st - Portland, OR - PDX Jazz @ Tony Starlight’s
May 24th - Oakland, CA - Yoshi’s

http://pdxjazz.com/pdx-jazz/pdx-jazz-events

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