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With their latest recording Freescapes, drummer Drori Mondlak and alto saxophonist and flautist Karolina Strassmayer, continue their creative adventure that began in New York City in 2000. In their eighth recording together their vision has further crystallised their original and deeply personal sound.

Freescapes describes the open musical landscapes that offer complete creative freedom.

The album includes a spontaneous improvisational suite in 3 movements, two solo drums & percussion pieces, a saxophone and drum duet and three original Strassmayer compositions.

Mondlak and Strassmayer consider Freescapes their most powerful and authentic recording to date.

Freescapes reflects the live performances of their quartet KLARO!, weaving together group improvisations and composed pieces while remaining dedicated to lyricism, melody, and the creation of beauty.

The sound quality is exquisite. As always, they have taken great care in the recording process–in this case, in a great concert venue. The mastering quality is superb and offers the best and truest sound of the quartet.

If you’d like the CD signed with a dedication inside the digipack, please specify this in your order

Internationally renowned journalist Doug Ramsey writes,

“This international quartet is one of the most interesting small groups at work today.”

Recorded in Altes Pfandhaus in Cologne, Germany in July 2022

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released March 20, 2022

Drori Mondlak - drums, percussion
Karolina Strassmayer - alto saxophone, flute, compositions
Rainer Böhm - piano
Thomas Stabenow - bass

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Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak - KLARO! Köln, Germany

Performing their original compositions, KLARO! blends the romanticism of European classical and folk music and fuses it with the rhythmic fire and swing of the American jazz tradition together with the harmonic sophistication of contemporary improvised music.

The group is co-led by two critically acclaimed international artists - alto saxophonist KAROLINA STRASSMAYER, and drummer Drori Mondlak.
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