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The Araxi Trio

Koullouras/Karnusian/Egli

Contemporary World Jazz

Irenaeos Koullouras, Bass
Araxi Karnusian, Tenorsaxophone
Dominic Egli, Drums

        Three Musicians from different places meet in summer   2006, invited to perform together at the „Paradise Place“ in  Pomos, Cyprus. They get togheter, prepare a repertoire in a  short rehearsal including broadway songs, originals and  arranged xyfolk songs from their home countries, they get on  stage, and the magic of jazzmusic happens: the three different  personalities with their histories and influences melt into one  musical statement, into one improvised journey of sound.  Inspired by the performance, the three musicians decide to  continue their collaboration on a tour through cyprus in July  2007, exploring new material, getting the arrangements more  complex and discovering different musical spheres.

  Wellknown Cypriot bassplayer Irenaoes Koullouras,
 brought   up in a family of musicians, has  studied at  Berklee College of   Music , USA,   and with world famous bassist Ron Carter.   He’s as familiar with traditional cypriot
  music as with contemporary jazz and his  strong pulse and  powerfull sound made
 him   perform with artists like Theodosii  Spassov, Evagoras Karageorgis, Arturo  Sandoval, and many others besides   leading his own „North and South Band“.  Koullouras is the root   of groove and  harmony, his solos rock. 

Araxi Karnusian, Swiss tenorplayer with Armenian roots,
  has studied saxophone and composition at the   Musikhochschule Luzern“ and took lessons with Tony Malaby   and Rich Perry in NYC. Beside beeing busy performing all over   Switzerland, she leeds her own nonett including a string quartet, strange sounds – beautiful music“ and has just   released the duo-album, laut & luise: open that door“.   Karnusian’s unique, warm sound, her sense for dynamics,   energy, and improvisation-in-the-moment makes her the ideal „   frontline“ for the trio.

  Swiss drummer Dominic Egli, who studied with drum legend   Billie Brooks at the „Swiss Jazz School Bern“ and at the „   Drummers Collective“ in NYC, is member of the bands „matsup“  „jean-paul brodbeck trio“ and „voices and co-leads the trio  K:E:B. Besides recording regularly, he has performed with   artists like Andy Scherrer, Peter Frei, Malcolm Braff, Rich   Perry, Don Friedman and many others. His orchestrations, his   energetic and interactive playing let the trio take off to   wherever the music leads it to.                   

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