GROW by Draksler/Santos Silva
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Kaja Draksler- piano
Susana Santos Silva- trumpet
1. Moonrise 07:27
2. Close 10:26
3. Liquid Rock 10:01
4. Grow 12:58
Kaja Draksler and Susana Santos Silva are among the most original and articulate voices of European jazz innovation. Their art fuses composition and free improvisation with structures, musical logic and advanced techniques. Both defy stylistic and historical boundaries and have found a highly personal expression in both their compositions and their improvisational playing, which is colourful, intricate and abstract. “The way they lure and steer each other to as yet uncovered territory is testimony to their never-ending search for meaning and (self-)discovery through sound. By letting their guards down, they are creating new contexts, paradoxes and challenges, based on human content and expressive breath. It is exactly this sense of renewal and growth that comes to the fore here,” writes Guy Peters in the liner notes.
Credits
Cover photo: Susana Santos Silva.
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder.
Liner notes: Guy Peters.
Photo: Szymon Gąsiorek.
All music by Kaja Draksler and Susana Santos Silva.
Recorded live by Mads Kiilerich during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival at Koncertkirken in Copenhagen on July 7, 2021.
Mixed and mastered in July and August 2022 by Michael Brändli at Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland.
Produced by Kaja Draksler, Susana Santos Silva and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records, P.O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.
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I was born in a small village in Slovenia and grew up in the countryside.
At the age of 18 I moved to The Netherlands to study music. A few years later, I was immersed into the rich world of Amsterdam’s improvised music scene, which complemented my studies of classical composition in a great way. After 13 years in Holland, I now live between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Trboje, Slovenia.