Dual Nature
Giorgos Tabakis Rebecca Trescher
The German clarinetist at Rebecca Trescher and the Greek guitarist Giorgos Tabakis, combine their musical pursuits with their own distinct musical language and expressiveness.
Their cd Dual Nature (published by Ekfrassis Productions 2020) was distinguished internationally by winning the silver medal in the Global Music Awards (Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement 2020).
It was on the best jazz on bandcamp (June 2020) as well as in the best list of Greek releases (Lifo magazine July 2020).
It was included in the DIY cd/artist section of the eDownbeat magazine (September – November 2020).
The band presents original compositions for 8 string guitar and clarinet & bass clarinet, combining contemporary music and european jazz elements with it’s personal sound and energy.
The compositional balances between modern classical, jazz, contemporary, ethnic music, proposing the personal and the point of view of the project in an artistic way.
Dual Nature’s response from critics was excellent with a lot of excellent reviews from journalists, jazz magazines, sites in Europe and US, with many fm radio stations including it in their program.
The musical result of Dual Nature has been described with some of the following phrases from the international community:
“Sophisticated and obvious, timeless and innovative, it could be the duality that is expressed in the music resulting from this absolutely splendid European collaboration”
Citizenjazz (France)
“The instrumentation is an exciting and fresh treat for the ear. The ability to create textures is omnipresent in the exquisite song “Interface,” a rich melody playing in the dark void of space subsumed by the fascinating timbre of the bass clarinet.”
Debbie Burk – jazz author (UK)
“It’s almost easy to forget that there are only two instruments on songs like “Interface. As the title of this stunning effort might suggest, its inner dualism is definitely something to behold. On the one hand, the music is incredibly sophisticated and intelligently crafted.”
JazzCorner (US)
“The music of the duo is characterized by the distinctive language and expressiveness of each one of them. It‘s an exciting even magical mix of European jazz with classical music spiced up by traditional Greek flavors”
Jan Hocek (CZ)
“A very well-matched duality, as you will hear. It’s gorgeous”
Jazzviews (UK)
“The chemistry of these two amazing musicians and their instruments share is astonishing. Melodies coming from pure musical notes combined with a number of musical ingredients such as Greek folk elements, contemporary classical music and the biggest one European jazz style.”
Adriana Rubio (Buenos Aires)
“A moody lyricism is the engine that drives this recording, and that foundation allows plenty of room for passages of deep contemplation and sudden, thrilling bursts of flight.”
Ryan Porter – live at New Morning (Paris)
