Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Ballad for a New World (2022)
Artist: Tassos Spiliotopoulos
Title: Ballad for a New World
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Anelia Records
Genre: jazz, fusion
Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 00:47:21
Total Size: 110; 286 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
‘Ballad for a New World’ is the fifth album by Greek guitarist and composer Tassos Spiliotopoulos. After establishing himself in the London Jazz scene for more than a decade, Tassos Spiliotopoulos, now based in Stockholm, has previously released an impressive body of original work including the critically acclaimed ‘In the North’ (2016) and ‘Solitude EP’ (2021).Title: Ballad for a New World
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Anelia Records
Genre: jazz, fusion
Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 00:47:21
Total Size: 110; 286 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
On ‘Ballad for a New World’ Spiliotopoulos returns to the quartet format and continues to develop his blend of modern Jazz with influences of classical, world and rock music. But this time the mood is airier and more melodic, his guitar tone darker and with the addition of multi-award-winning saxophonist Jonas Knutsson’s folk-like melodies the album takes a new direction.
The optimism of the opening track ‘New Land’ might suggest differently but the album’s title is a reference to the current situation of pandemic, war and economic crisis we are all facing. That nostalgic, solemn mood can be heard on the title track as well as others like the mesmerizing ‘September’. It is however balanced out by surges of energy on tracks like Corridor and Corridor (part 2) as well as the travelling mood of ‘A Day to Remember’. The album concludes with a composition called ‘Through her Eyes’ where Tassos Spiliotopoulos experiments with guitar-layering to create a beautiful, melodic soundscape.
Tassos Spiliotopoulos – Guitar/Compositions
Jonas Knutsson – Alto/Soprano Saxophone
Robert Erlandsson – Bass
Fredrik Rundqvist - Drums
Tracklist:
1.01 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - New Land (6:33)
1.02 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - September (6:52)
1.03 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Corridor (6:18)
1.04 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - A Day to Remember (6:29)
1.05 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Corridor, Pt. 2 (5:24)
1.06 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Ballad for a New World (5:52)
1.07 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Ex-Elixis (5:46)
1.08 - Tassos Spiliotopoulos - Mesa Ap'ta Matia Tis (4:10)