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| Title: Astor In Paris |
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| Artist: 3 Leg Torso |
| (c): (C) 2003 meester records |
| (p): (P) 2003 3 Leg Torso |
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2003-11-04 |
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Charming, elegant and daring modern chamber pop music. Influenced by tango, Eastern European folk and world music traditions, their second album "Astor in Paris" embraces wit and humor within thoughtful, uncommon and beautiful musical arrangements.
3 Leg Torso began in 1996 when violinist Bela Balogh, cellist Gabe Leavitt and accordionist Courtney Von Drehle came together with the humble goals of creating a passionate and new sound for their instrumental trio and having fun. Fun was had early on with a number of street performances, that the trio termed "Meestering". Their original repertoire evolved into a combination of Modern Chamber music, Tango, Middle Eastern and Eastern European folk musics, that, coupled with a cinematic sense of musical storytelling, bridged the worlds of serious art and popular culture. Their first CD was "3 Leg Torso". One of the compositions from the CD, Divertissments for Performing Bears, was used as theme music for a Bosnian television series and other pieces have been used in various American and European television commercials.
3 Leg Torso is now a quintet after adding percussionist/mallet player Gary Irvine, accoustic bass player Michael Papillo and mallet player/percussionist (vibes, marimba, xylophone) Thomas Mackay. The ensemble's increased size is reflected in the larger scope of their eclectic repertoire.
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Reviews: "All the beauty of Astor Piazolla's music and all the spunk of Kronos Quartet's."
"Wildly exciting, wildly eclectic, rather difficult to describe."
"A success in the fluid netherworld between serious art and popular culture."
"3 Leg Torso's classically tinged combination of gypsy folk and whirling tangos is both devilishly clever and damn beautiful."
"Impassioned and idiosyncratic music"
"3 Leg Torso is just about as creative as a group can get... music that is evocative, varied, non cliche" Joe Natoli, Jan Press
"Daring, intelligent music!" Lauren Ruth Wiener, Mongrel Music |
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