‘A dazzling, multifaceted thing of beauty.’
JazzTimes (USA)
‘What comes as a beautiful surprise is the diversified approach
he utilizes in his compositions and performance.’
AllAboutJazz.com (USA)
'He deftly accomplishes a synthesis of disparate elements into a brilliantly organic whole.'
NYC Jazz Records (USA)
‘Klampanis has long since freed himself from the role of the mere accompanist,
pushing the music forward with the bass and shaping it harmoniously and melodically.
His fat, earthy and round bass tone helps him to do this.’
JAZZTHETIK (Germany)
‘They create a totally new landscape, full of lyricism, romanticism and deep resonance,
mixing jazz, pop, Mediterranean and Balkan music traditions. Incredibly beautiful!’
JazzLife (Japan)
‘He didn't need the strings this time. A good trio is worth gold.’
Jazzradar (Netherlands)
‘Klampanis envisions a colorful, unreal, urban cosmos…’
JazzThing (Germany)
‘A modern-day, bass virtuoso!’
NoTreble.com (USA/Canada)
Bassist Petros Klampanis, based both in his native Athens, Greece and also New York, has earned acclaim as “a formidable player and composer” (JazzTimes) and “a musician who has always spoken from the heart” (Downbeat). Irrationalities, his fourth outing as a leader, his second crowdfunded album (after Minor Dispute), his first ever with a trio and his first release for the storied German label Enja, speaks to his persistent reality of living across two cultures, of “being up in the air all the time,” as he describes it.
Kristjan Randalu: piano,Bodek Janke: drums & percussion
Petros Klampanis: bass, glockenspiel, voice
Produced by Petros Klampanis
Cover Design: Katerina Karali
Released in collaboration wwith Enja/Yellowbird.
IRRATIONALITIES • LP
PETROS KLAMPANIS MUSES ON LIFE IN TWO CITIES, TWO CONTINENTS, AND THE IRRATIONALITIES IN BETWEEN,ON HIS FOURTH ALBUM
Irrationalities' was awarded at the 2020 Independent Music Awards, in three categories: ‘Jazz Instrumental’ & ‘Vox Pop/Jazz Instrumental’ awards for ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’, the opening track of the album and ‘Jazz Producer’ award for Petros Klampanis' overall production of the project.