DIMITRIS CHIOTIS / ディミトリス・シオティス / ALATI / CD

ギリシャの音楽家Dimitris Chiotis(作曲家/マルチインストゥルメンタリスト)がイラン、イラク、ギリシャの音楽家とコラボレートしたソロ作品 (2022年)を発表! ギリシャと中東の伝統的なメロディーにエスニック・ジャズの要素を加え、ボーカル・インプロヴィゼーションなどを織り込んだ本作は、ワールドファンのみならずジャズファンにも聴いていただきたい内容となっています。



ARTISTS:
Dimitris Chiotis (Greece): cretan lyra, electric lyra, arabic oud, afghan rubab, iranian kamancheh, ottoman bowed tambur, analog bass synth, original compositions, arrangements
Anna Linardou (Greece): vocals
Athena Chioti (Greece): vocals
Mohamed Alnuma (Iraq): vocals
Vangelis Karipis (Greece):frame drums, percussions
Foad Avand (Iran): santur
Saeed Rezazadeh (Iran): setar
Kayhan Monjezi (Iran): ney
Yannis Kininis (Greece): soprano saxophone
Yannis Iliakis (Greece): drums

ALW 4014 | Greek musician Dimitris Chiotis (composer /multi instrumentalist) collaborates with iranian, iraqi and greek musicians performing original compositions.

Greek musician Dimitris Chiotis (composer /multi instrumentalist) collaborates with iranian, iraqi and greek musicians performing original compositions. “Alati” is a crossover album with melodies reminiscent of greek and middle eastern traditions mixed along with ethnic - jazz elements and dreamy landscapes of vocal improvisations.

The album’s title is “Alati”, the greek word for “salt”.
“Alati” is a collection of original compositions that reflect my twenty years long journey into music.
Over the years, I studied instruments such as the cretan lyra (greek fiddle), as well as instruments from other traditions, mainly from the Arab world and Iran. Always fascinated about other genres and traditions, apart from greek music, for many years I was the lyra player on a ethnic - jazz band.
On this album I was fortunate enough to have all the master musicians put together and all the possible combinations of different music instruments.Three musicians from Iran, one male singer form Iraq, two female singers and three musicians from Greece were the ideal performers I could ever dream about this material. During a break from the recording sessions I had an enlightening travel to Iran where apart from an extensive workshop I had, I was also introduced to the music community of Tehran which lead me to the santur (hammered dulcimer) player who is playing on the album.
In this work, the new sound and approaches I have developed come together with the knowledge I gained studying the traditions of the Middle East.