Name: Tora Collective
Brand: Petros Klampanis

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ENJA9822

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2023-04-14

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Petros Klampanis

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Enja

Enja Records is a German label that was founded in July 1971 in Munich by jazz fans Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann. Initially, the label's distribution was handled by Bellaphon until March 1999, with some releases also being distributed by ECM Records. Since April 2002, Soulfood Music Distribution GmbH has managed the distribution of new releases, while Galileo Music Communication has taken care of the back-catalogue since April 2009. In January 2019, Enja Records' distribution was taken over by Groove Attack.

In 1986, Weber and Winckelmann decided to separate and work individually, resulting in two Enja Records labels: Enja-Horst Weber and Enja-Matthias Winckelmann. However, more recently, the catalogues have reunited under the leadership of Werner Aldinger for both the former ENJA Horst Weber part and the new label Yellow Bird. Aldinger also administers ENJA Records M. Winckelmann.

Enja Records also has an active publishing department called enja European New Jazz Musikverlagsgesellschaft mbH.

Following up his acclaimed outings 'Rooftop Stories' and 'Irrationalities', bassist and composer Petros Klampanis creates one of his most inventive musical settings to date with 'Tora Collective', his sixth album as a leader. For Klampanis, who grew up in Athens, Greece surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk cultures, making music has always meant navigating cultural crossroads. With Tora Collective he puts traditional Greek music at the centre, even as he presents it from a bold new angle. In addition to the two new originals "Disoriented" and "South By Southeast," Klampanis and his compact hybrid jazz/Greek folk ensemble interpret popular Greek songs such as "Xehor?smata," "Sibeth?ra," "Harikl?ki" and "Menex?des Kai Zoumbo?lia." These songs, Klampanis asserts, are "not just part of Greek cultural heritage or a fragment of the past, but also as part of the future: they live into the present, breathe into the 'here and now,' while constantly evolving in a dynamic state and in dialogue with contemporary music." Described as "a formidable player and composer" (JazzTimes) and "a musician who has always spoken from the heart" (Downbeat), Petros Klampanis divides his time between Athens and New York.He has collaborated with artists such as Greg Osby, Jacques Morelenbaum, Oded Tzur, Arooj Aftab, Anoushka Shankar, Shai Maestro, Gilad Hekselman, Jean-Michel Pilc and Snarky Puppy, among many others. His extensive list of performance credits includes Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, The Kennedy Center, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA NYC), The Barbican, Glastonbury and Jazzahead. He has recorded six albums as a leader, meeting with major plaudits from NPR, JazzTimes, the Independent Music Awards and others.

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