The Eric Plaks New Trio - Sun and Shadow

by Eric Plaks

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	1.	3-3-4 10:36
	2.	Theme From Shostakovich SQ3 10:32
	3.	Spiral 03:19
	4.	Free and Easy Wandering 11:08
	5.	Secret Rooms 13:53
	6.	2-3-4 08:15

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This is an album of original piano trio music drawing from deep sources: jazz, creative improv, and even a Shostakovich string quartet.

From Jan 2019 Cadence Jazz Magazine review by Don Lerman: "The nearly-hour program is in the modern creative or free jazz idiom and consists of six selections, four of them over ten minutes in length. Throughout the program, an empathy of each member of Plaks’s newly-formed trio for one another was apparent, with each continuing to find new and creative musical ideas and to play with one another with great recognition and response. Plaks’s liner notes provided interesting insights on the formative seeds of several of the selections, which can be especially welcome to a listener of music in this genre, and especially useful on repeated hearings. In the opener, for example, the title “3-3-4” referred to bassist John Murchison’s idea of alternating time signatures of 3, 3, and 4 beats as a starting point for the piece. Free improvisation on “Theme from Shostakovich SQ3” proceeded in three sections, or “islands” in a large sea as described by Plaks, based on the initial theme from Shostakovich’s string quartet. Drummer Leonid Galaganov brought an original and compelling melody line which began and ran through “Free And Easy Wandering” in a riveting performance. “2-3-4” utilized three melodic or rhythmic motifs from a rehearsal to serve as its core. All selections were done in single takes, and as Plaks mentions, each was characterized by “active listening” from all participants in this fine initial recording session for the group."

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released January 10, 2018

Eric Plaks - piano
John Murchison - bass
Leonid Galaganov - drums

Recorded by Ross Bonadonna at Wombat Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Mixed by Dustin Cicero, at Streeetmusikatl, Atlanta, GA.
Cover photo by Anaïs Maviel
Recorded April 25, 2016

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Eric Plaks New York, New York

Pianist Eric Plaks was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and attended Harvard College. A student of the entire history of jazz, from the most traditional forms to the most modern styles of creative improvisation, Eric began his performing and recording career when he moved to Harlem in 1996. He has appeared in various formats around New York City and the wider world. ... more

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