GROW
The Axiom Quartet in its current line-up began working together in the summer of 2015, after its members had been carefully selected and – with some persuasion – had won over Dejan Terzić’s then label CamJazz and its producer Ermanno Basso. Their first CD, ‘Prometheus’, was recorded in New York in February 2016. A lot has happened since the band first got together in 2015 – although strictly speaking, it wasn’t their first meeting: Dejan Terzić and Chris Speed had been working together since 2004 and had made recordings together. But it wasn’t until 2015 that they came together in the quartet line-up you hear today. Since then, Axiom has toured extensively throughout Europe and recorded another album, which was recorded in Udine, Italy, in March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, and was finally released in 2022.
Grow is now the third CD by the Axiom Quartet. It was partly recorded live on 3 May 2024 during a concert at the beautiful Teatro Reana del Royale in Udine. ‘Partly live’ means that two of the tracks come directly from the concert, while the rest were recorded earlier that same day on the same stage. It is a complete live set of music by Axiom – no overdubs, no post-production, no corrections. The band, pure and simple, in real time.
At first, Dejan was enthusiastic about the idea of a live recording – after all, he hadn’t released a live album in decades. Once again, we owe our thanks to Ermanno Basso, who encouraged us to take this step. Dejan was overwhelmed by the result.
The fact that the band has been playing together for over ten years has deeply influenced their musical understanding, their interaction and their shared approach to playing and improvisation. We had the privilege of developing and exploring these compositions in thirteen concerts before recording them.
Track List
- Blood 07:32 Min
- Addition 07:28 Min
- Growing 07:02 Min
- Present Past Future 08:34 Min
- Ruzica 08:34 Min
- Shoplifting 05:36 Min
- Reminescence 08:00 Min
- Chorale 06:59 Min
- Ennea 08:18 Min
Total length: 68:07 Min
Line-Up:
Chris Speed – sax and clarinet
Bojan Z. – Piano and fender Rhodes
Matt Penman – acoustic bass
Dejan Terzić – drums
