THE NEXT STEP QUARTET / AT THE ZOO

      To "At the Zoo" periehei nea kommatia tou kathieromenou jazz shimatos The Next Step, ihografimena zontana sti skini tou The Zoo Jazz Club. To almpoum syllamvanei tin energeia kai ton enthousiasmo tis zontanis praxis kathos kai tin epikoinonia pou anaptyssetai anamesa stous mousikous, parasyrontas ton akroati se ena paihnidi mousikis exereunisis kai peripeteias. Prokeitai gia to trito almpoum tou sygkrotimatos pou apoteleitai apo tous THodori Kotsyfa (kithara), Gianni Papadopoulo (piano), Ntino Mano (mpaso) kai Vasili Podara - gnostos kai os Billy Pod (ntrams). Ta meli tou kouartetou synantithikan ki arhisan na dimiourgoun mazi, prin apo mia dekaetia. Ektote, ehoun kalliergisei mia monadiki syndesi metaxy tous kai auto fainetai xekathara sto almpoum pou ihografithike kata ti diarkeia 5 sold-out synaulion sto The Zoo, to mousiko tous steki stin Athina. Se mia periodo pou den yparhei prosvasi sti zontani mousiki, i ihografisi auti anoigei ena parathyro sti mageia tis stigmis pou synteleitai kata ti diarkeia mias synaulias. Mesa apo ta aulakia tou vinyliou kai tou cd katagrafetai i energeia tou horou kai ton mousikon, o enthousiasmos tous alla kai mia aisthisi ...saspens gia to ti prokeitai na akolouthisei stin epomeni strofi. "Otan paizoume mazi, prospathoume na anakalesoume tin aisthisi tis plirous eleutherias pou eihame stin proseggisi mas sti mousiki otan imastan nearoteroi. Eimaste mia omada, mia oikogeneia kai auti i apolyti empistosyni pou ehoume o enas ston allon einai to themelio tis shesis mas kai tis epikoinonias mas. Auto mas epitrepei na agnoisoume ola ta desma kai na voutixoume vathia mesa sti mousiki kai na exereunisoume nees periohes kathe fora." - Vasilis Podaras "Oi pio idiaiteres stigmes, autes pou telika dialexame gia to almpoum, einai ekeines kata ta opoies aporrofithikame teleios apo ti mousiki kai apo to koino, ekeines pou kata ti diarkeia tous vgikame apo ton eauto mas kai xehasame oti ihografoume. - Ntinos Manos Gia tous Next Step ta 6 kommatia tou almpoum giortazoun ti diadromi tou sygkrotimatos, osa tous eferan os edo, alla kai osa tha akolouthisoun. -Puzzlemusik-