Bassist Petros Klampanis released a mighty fine album back in 2017, Chroma. It was a lovely addition to a steadily impressive body of work. While he's preparing to tour through some European dates this summer and putting together songs for a new album soon, he just released a video of a live performance from Berlin alongside pianist Kristjan Randalu and percussionist Bodek … [Read more...]
Petros Klampanis’ Rooftop Stories Video Series
Bassist/composer Petros Klampanis is a superbly talented musician with quite the mind for arrangement. His last album, Chroma, certainly is proof of that. Yet little else really displays arranging prowess quite like one person and a looping pedal. Klampanis managed to combine his, his world travels, and good cinematography to create his Rooftop Stories, Klampanis' video series … [Read more...]
“And I Love Her”: A Critical Analysis of Covers
Brad Mehldau has a reputation for building beautiful piano trio versions of pop songs, notably including a lot of Beatles material. His trio release from earlier this year, Blues & Ballads, includes a fantastic version of "And I Love Her" with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard. More recently, Gilad Hekselman, Petros Klampanis, and Ziv Ravitz played a trio concert with that … [Read more...]
Hekselman / Klampanis / Ravitz – “Across the Universe”
Jazz artists covering Beatles tunes - not a new idea, but the trio of Gilad Hekselman on guitar, Petros Klampanis on bass, and Ziv Ravitz on drums has pulled together an inspired, beautiful version of "Across the Universe". The trio starts with a spacy atmosphere that gradually pulls together while keeping a certain haze over this tune throughout, staying faithful to the … [Read more...]
Petros Klampanis Group – “March of the Sad Ones” (Video)
We've spoken at length about our love of Gilad Hekselman's This Just In. I'm pretty sure I've sung its praises on this page just a couple months ago. So it would seem only natural that compositions so strong would get some love elsewhere, so a version from sometime bandmate bassist Petros Klampanis would be particularly apt. Klampanis is set to release his upcoming album, Minor … [Read more...]