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Ain Agan – g
Tuule Kann – kannel
Pille Karras – kannel?????
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On
running the first live-test of this extraordinary instrumental configuration at last
year’s festival – guitars & kantele still is one of the rarest
combination in jazz, isn’t it? – the participants came away convinced that their
project was well worth continuing. As well as being explored further. And that’s what
they’ve done too. Besides each member’s other musical engagements, of course.
Of the kantele-players, Pille Karras and Tuule Kann, the
latter’s academic training and experience in folk-lore have served her well not only
in her performances of contemporary music and traditional pieces but also in her
encounters with improvisers (e.g. Weekend Guitar Trio). Guitarist Ain Agan (b.
1959), a follower of the Frisell-Scofield’s lineage of modern jazz, has regularly
worked with saxophonist Raul Sööt’s group Deeper Sound and the Raivo
Tafenau-directed So What.
With their multiple talents imaginatively combined, harmonious 4D stringscapes are bound
to arise.
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