Rabble Without A Cause
Wednesday August 4th, 2010 with Bernard Stepien
Greek Fender-Rhodist Pandelis Karayorgis

Karayorgis is a well established pianist. For this particular concert recorded in Cambridge, MA in 2006, he chose to distord somewhat things by playing instead the Fender-Rhodes. The Fender-Rhodes electric piano has been a trademark of fusion Jazz of the 70's and '80s. Consequently, something else had to be done to distinguish itself from that era. No problem, add some filters that further distords the sound and all of a sudden you sound like Sun Ra without really sounding like him. Finally, choose an unusual repertoire and the surprise effect is guaranteed. In this case, some of Thelonious Monk lesser known compositions that range through the more modal range like Green Chimners or Brake's Sake or extreme chordal pieces like Light Blue or Humph, throw in Sun Ra's Saturn, Micha Mengelberg's Hypochristmutreefuzz and finally some originals.