Driff Records

12/02/2024

Ken Waxman's review of PorchBone on JazzWord.
"While it may not be a regular grouping, the elements that make up Porchbone offer numerous avenues for future sonic explorations."

Expanding its timbral imprint with a brassy supplement, Boston area’s Porch Trio adds textures from three trombones on its eponymous disc. The core group of percussionist Eric Rosenthal, bassist Nate McBride and Jorrit Dijkstra on alto saxophone, lyricon and electronics introduce ‘bone tones fro...

11/26/2024

Many thanks to Ken Waxman for his nice review of our recent release "Out From Athens" in JazzWord. Read to the end to see what kinds of gifts the Greeks bear.

Pandelis Karayorgis/George Kokkinaris Out from Athens Driff Records CD 2402 There’s no need for extra instruments as these piano and bass duos put the inspiration into improvisation. Balancing light and dark, delicate and coarse textures acoustically, together they demonstrate similarities and sin...

11/23/2024

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain to join us at Driff Fest last night! It was a beautiful evening filled with great music and many highlights. Here are a few photos and video screenshots. Soon we'll try to share some video too. Apologies for not being able to take real photos of all the musicians involved, our photography team was understaffed... (Photos by Pandelis Karayorgis and Eric Rosenthal)

10/27/2024

Ken Vos reviews PorchBone in Dutch magazine Jazzism ( #5, 2024). "A timeless album [...]. "Porchbone is a typical case of achieving maximum effect with minimal resources."

https://driffrecords.bandcamp.com/album/porchbone

08/25/2024

[A LA UNE] C'est déjà la rentrée ! Et cette semaine, c'est avec le pianiste Pandelis Karayorgis que nous ouvrons cette nouvelle fructueuse saison ! https://www.citizenjazz.com

07/23/2024

The new PorchBone CD is dropping today!

The PorchBone project is an extension of The Porch Trio, which has been active as a free improvisation unit since 2016. PorchBone juxtaposes the abstract, improvised textures of the Trio with the velvety tones of a trombone section, inspired by the sound worlds of the Duke Ellington and Sun Ra big bands. This suite of ten pieces plus an Ellington classic premiered at the Driff Festival 2021 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a reprise in 2023.

Eric Rosenthal,Nathan McBride,Jeb Bishop, Michael Prentky, Bill Lowe.

8 track album

05/20/2024

Available today, Driff Records's latest, "Out From Athens," a duet session featuring Pandelis Karayorgis and George Kokkinaris. Coming up next will be Jorrit Dijkstra's "Porchbone." Both albums will be officially released beginning of July, but you can order "Out From Athens" now!

13 track album

05/17/2024

Many thanks to Bill Meyer for his review of our recent release, TRUSS (co produced with Aerophonic Records) in the June issue of Downbeat! Check it out!

03/29/2024

Many thanks to Eyal Hareuveni for his review of Truss today!
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/rempis-kaeayorgis-heinemann-harris/?fbclid=IwAR3sukmLsXiSLp8YNuL3CELnwyZiNWojiZYjM5Z6DMauvhnrThkbKf9u-QA_aem_AU_X1t1ix4EiU6I549Z6RUGWIuQeHgC0GROfXc1Net_t5GEB2QXQszgQH3YD1aiKKMpx1t8R3BSToWuOOhO_fkuP

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03/22/2024

New release available today! Truss brings together Chicago's and Boston's improvisation scenes with long-time collaborators Dave Rempis on saxophones and pianist Pandelis Karayorgis, as well as two vital younger improvisers from Chicago, bassist Jakob Heinemann and drummer Bill Harris.

(This CD is a co-production with Aerophonic Records, AR 042)

2 track album

02/06/2024

I played a 47-minute improvised solo set last month at Huis De Pinto in Amsterdam. Included are tunes by Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, The Dirty projectors and Lee Konitz.

Check it out, it was a great vibe.
Thanks to Miri Lee and Jongkag Park for the recording, videography and editing.
https://youtu.be/eL6928KHLAk?feature=shared

07/29/2023

Μια παρουσίαση των δυο πιο πρόσφατων κυκλοφοριών από την Driff Records στο Δισκορυχέιον του Φώντας Τρούσας. Τον ευχαριστώ πολύ για τις σκέψεις του και τα καλά του λόγια!

JEB BISHOP / PANDELIS KARAYORGIS / DAMON SMITH: Duals [Driff Records, 2022] Τρεις μουσικοί, με άπειρες ώρες ηχογραφήσεων στα στούντιο και πο...