THE NEXT STEP QUINTET / THE NEXT STEP QUINTET

      Oi THodoris Kotsyfas (kithara), Giannis Papadopoulos (piano), Ntinos Manos (kontrampaso) kai Vasilis Podaras (ntrams) gnoristikan os foitites sto Tmima Mousikon Spoudon tou Ioniou Panepistimiou opou kai symmeteihan me diaforous syndyasmous se poikila projects. Apofoitoi, stin Athina pia, synantithikan tyhaia se ena jam session me ton EllinoSouidikis katagogis Orfea Tsoukala (saxofono) kai syneiditopoiisan oti oi pente tous eihan koino orama kai koini apopsi gia ti mousiki. To almpoum pou ferei gia titlo to onoma tous perilamvanei 9 dikes tous modern jazz syntheseis. O oros "modern jazz" hrisimopoieitai me tin ennoia oti o ihos tous einai kati pou symvainei tora kai os ek toutou den ehei apoktisei "tampela" pou na ton haraktirizei. O idiaiteros, prosopikos ihos tous apokalyptei tin agapi tous gia ta syghrona reumata tis jazz, gia to alternative rock kathos kai gia ti syghroni mousiki en genei. Pente neoi mousikoi, me meso oro ilikias ta 25 hronia - pragma protognoro gia to mousiko idioma pou ypiretoun kai ti hora stin opoia zoun kai droun - ypografoun ena almpoum eurimatiko, ameso, tehnika artio. Ena almpoum pou akougetai me anesi prototypo horis na hreiazetai na prospathisei katholou gia auto. To enarktirio "Regression" se kerdizei idi apo tis protes notes tou thematos tou kai se kathilonei stin exelixi tou, i iremi dynami tou "Connection" deihnei idi na xehorizei sto radiofono eno to "Esbjorn" apotiei foro timis ston proora hameno Esbjorn Svensson ton E.S.T. Olokliro omos to almpoum stekei se ena poly ypsilo epipedo pou apla apodeiknyei auta pou elpizoume oti pleon einai profani. O,ti to epipedo tis jazz stin Ellada einai pia epipedo diethnon prodiagrafon kai oti ehei erthei to pliroma tou hronou oste to yfos kai to ithos sygkrotimaton opos oi The Next Step Quintet na agkaliastei apo ena eurytero mousikofilo koino peran apo ti tampela jazz. Oi The Next Step Quintet ehoun idi kanei epityhimenes synaulies, kyrios sto Cafe Alavastron (ton horo pou tous ypostirixe apo poly noris kai tous anedeixe) alla kai allou kai ehoun idi dimiourgisei ena pyrina mousikofilon pou perimenei to ... epomeno vima tous. -Puzzle Music-