{"id":132,"date":"2004-01-07T22:44:32","date_gmt":"2004-01-07T20:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsite.theodosiispassov.com\/discography\/english-gambit"},"modified":"2021-08-08T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T15:29:14","slug":"gambit","status":"publish","type":"discography","link":"https:\/\/theodosiispassov.com\/en\/discography\/gambit\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. Theo’s Gambit<\/a> – 9:3<\/li>
  2. Maichinko – 10:54<\/li>
  3. Paidushko<\/a> – 5:39<\/li>
  4. Point – 5:50<\/li>
  5. Faux – 6:51<\/li>
  6. Free Gaida – 3:37<\/li>
  7. Cocek I Gong – 12:07<\/li>
  8. Tudorka<\/a> – 5:06<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Composer, bandleader, and multi-reedist Matt Darriau showed his interest in musical influences outside the jazz world as early as 1986. His “Balkan Bounce” was the very first track on the very first album of Boston-based big band Orange Then Blue and can be seen as a precursor to much of his work since. A stunningly virtuosic and hot player, Darriau can swing with the best of them – as can be heard on recordings by his band Ballin’ The Jack focussing on jazz from the ’30s and ’40s. However, traditional Balkan, klezmer, Celtic, and gypsy influences have always held an important place in Darriau’s musical universe. He has performed in many adventurous contexts, including the widely popular Klezmatics, who imbue Yiddish roots music with a contemporary flavor, Celtic-influenced bands Whirligig and Smash The Windows, and the polystylistic Les Mis\u00e9rables Brass Band…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1554,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"class_list":["post-132","discography","type-discography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t