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Alexia
Gardner and The Main Street Jazz Duo
After
a year and 2 months of moving to Basel I can honestly say Switzerland
really has some fine musicians gracing the music scene. Two of
them are Beat Baumli http://www.alljazzpromotion.ch
who plays guitar and Giorgios Antoniou http://www.alljazzpromotion.ch/AJP.BBTrio.html
who plays bass. I am very fortunate to have the oppertunity
to play with these guys. Together they are The Main Street Jazz
Duo.
Beat
is based in Baden and Giorgios in the capital, Bern. I am
based in Basel but Switzerland is soooo small it'ss real easy
to jump in the car or on the train and get together and play.
Check
out the website http://www.alljazzpromotion.ch/AJP.AG.html
for further info on these two simply wonderful
musicians.(How is your german? if it's as bad as mine you can
look at the pictures  )
I am so excited about this line-up. It's so unusual for me. Often
I enjoy the traditiional jazz instruments of piano, bass
and drums. Here we have a refreshing, light and airy sound of
guitar and the fat bass sound underneath. I think my voice becomes
all the more soft and velvety in this line-up. It's all so
smooth and effort-less sounding. I really like it. What do you
think?
The
Main Street Jazz Duo are just one of three different line-ups
or bands that I am increasingly performing with here in Switzerland.
I must say that this sound is really one of my favorites. I think
it's because it's sooo accoustic! sooo real! sooo LIVE! sooo COOL!!
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