Driff Records

07/23/2024

The new PorchBone CD is dropping today!

The PorchBone project is an extension of The Porch Trio, which has been active as a free improvisation unit since 2016. PorchBone juxtaposes the abstract, improvised textures of the Trio with the velvety tones of a trombone section, inspired by the sound worlds of the Duke Ellington and Sun Ra big bands. This suite of ten pieces plus an Ellington classic premiered at the Driff Festival 2021 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a reprise in 2023.

Eric Rosenthal,Nathan McBride,Jeb Bishop, Michael Prentky, Bill Lowe.

8 track album

05/20/2024

Available today, Driff Records's latest, "Out From Athens," a duet session featuring Pandelis Karayorgis and George Kokkinaris. Coming up next will be Jorrit Dijkstra's "Porchbone." Both albums will be officially released beginning of July, but you can order "Out From Athens" now!

13 track album

05/17/2024

Many thanks to Bill Meyer for his review of our recent release, TRUSS (co produced with Aerophonic Records) in the June issue of Downbeat! Check it out!

03/29/2024

Many thanks to Eyal Hareuveni for his review of Truss today!
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/rempis-kaeayorgis-heinemann-harris/?fbclid=IwAR3sukmLsXiSLp8YNuL3CELnwyZiNWojiZYjM5Z6DMauvhnrThkbKf9u-QA_aem_AU_X1t1ix4EiU6I549Z6RUGWIuQeHgC0GROfXc1Net_t5GEB2QXQszgQH3YD1aiKKMpx1t8R3BSToWuOOhO_fkuP

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03/22/2024

New release available today! Truss brings together Chicago's and Boston's improvisation scenes with long-time collaborators Dave Rempis on saxophones and pianist Pandelis Karayorgis, as well as two vital younger improvisers from Chicago, bassist Jakob Heinemann and drummer Bill Harris.

(This CD is a co-production with Aerophonic Records, AR 042)

2 track album

02/06/2024

I played a 47-minute improvised solo set last month at Huis De Pinto in Amsterdam. Included are tunes by Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, The Dirty projectors and Lee Konitz.

Check it out, it was a great vibe.
Thanks to Miri Lee and Jongkag Park for the recording, videography and editing.
https://youtu.be/eL6928KHLAk?feature=shared

07/29/2023

Μια παρουσίαση των δυο πιο πρόσφατων κυκλοφοριών από την Driff Records στο Δισκορυχέιον του Φώντας Τρούσας. Τον ευχαριστώ πολύ για τις σκέψεις του και τα καλά του λόγια!

JEB BISHOP / PANDELIS KARAYORGIS / DAMON SMITH: Duals [Driff Records, 2022] Τρεις μουσικοί, με άπειρες ώρες ηχογραφήσεων στα στούντιο και πο...

06/07/2023

A new review of Duals by Ken Waxman in jazzword.com.

A realized experiment in round-robin improvising, Duals matches three improvisers from three cities in sequential duets that exposes diverse styles of free music. Disc 1 matches slides and slurs from Chicago trombonist Jeb Bishop with the patterning and intricate string patterns of St. Louis bassist...

02/28/2023

Many thanks to Herman te Loo for this wonderful review in the current issue of Jazzflits! As an added bonus, the current issue features an excellent biography of Elmo Hope (in Dutch).

http://www.jazzflits.nl

02/19/2023

Three new reviews of our recent releases in the last two days! Many thanks to Stuart Broomer, Mark Corroto and Eyal Hareuveni for their words and attention, and of course to Free Jazz Blog, All About Jazz and Salt peanuts.

https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/02/pandelis-karayorgis-trio-hasaan-hope.html?fbclid=IwAR0PUVInnkB7txRTrWPd-D7zToR48s6zbb5NiSIfxWlbzi9qSYH592HeyUc

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/duals-jeb-bishop-pandelis-karayorgis-damon-smith-driff-records

https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/bishop-karayorgis-smith-graham-bishop-karayorgis-mcbride-osgood-pandelis-krayorgis-trio/

«Duals» DRIFF/BALANCE POINT ACOUSTICS, 2203/BPA3CD2 «Water Lilies» DRIFF, 2202 «The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project» DRIFF, 2201

11/18/2022

Driff Records presents its third release for 2022, Duals, three duo sessions featuring Jeb Bishop on trombone, Pandelis Karayorgis on piano, and Damon Smith on bass. It comes in a 3-CD package, each disc containing one duo session: trombone-bass, piano-bass and piano-trombone. Coproduced with Balance Point Acoustics. Available on Bandcamp and shipping to Europe at reduced postage.

33 track album

11/15/2022

New release from Driff Records: "The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project," now available on Bandcamp. Featuring four compositions from Hasaan's rediscovered 1965 recording "Metaphysics" (Omnivore, 2021), three by Elmo Hope, and six by Thelonious Monk. With Pandelis Karayorgis on piano, Nate McBride on bass and Luther Gray on drums. Recorded mostly at Firehouse 12 by Greg DiCrosta and designed by Hidde Dijkstra. Downloadable liner notes by Ted Panken.

13 track album

09/15/2022

https://driffrecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-lilies

Driff Records just released the first of a series of recordings scheduled for this fall. This one is a digital-only release featuring Danish drummer Kresten Osgood in a trio set with Pandelis Karayorgis on piano and Nate McBride on bass, followed by a quintet piece adding Forbes Graham on trumpet and Jeb Bishop on trombone.

5 track album

06/15/2022

Driff Festival 2022 Sampler by Stephen Malagodi

A sampler of the Driff Festival, 2022 at The Lilypad in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 06/10/2022Featuring The Anna Abondolo Trio, Tony Malaby's Kiri-Kiri, A...

06/10/2022

TONIGHT ✨

06/07/2022

Coming up this Friday!

10/15/2021

CliffPools Fest '21 Part 1

Weft by Pandelis KarayorgisCliffPoolsPandelis Karayorgis DoubleTrioPandelis Karayorgis, pianoNate McBride, bassDamon Smith, bassLuther Gray, drumsEric Rosent...

10/14/2021

Kelly Bray Trio @ Driff Fest '21

Kelly Bray, TrumpetDelfina Cheb, VoiceCaleb Duval, Bass

10/14/2021

PorchBone Fest '21 Part 4 (Encore)

PorchBone - Warm Valley (Duke Ellington, arr. Jorrit Dijkstra) Recorded at the 5th Driff Festival at the Lily Pad, Cambridge, MA, October 1st, 2021. PorchBo...

10/14/2021

PorchBone Fest '21 Part 3

PorchBone - Trombatics #1 (Jorrit Dijkstra) Recorded at the 5th Driff Festival at the Lily Pad, Cambridge, MA, October 1st, 2021. PorchBone:Jorrit Dijkstra ...

10/14/2021

PorchBone Fest '21 Part 2

Porchbone - Trombatics #5, #4, #3 (Jorrit Dijkstra)Recorded 10/1/2021 at the 5th Driff FestLilypad, Cambridge, Mass.PorchBone:Jorrit Dijkstra, alto saxJeb Bi...

10/14/2021

PorchBone Fest '21 Part 1

PorchBone - Trombatics #6, #2 (Jorrit Dijkstra) Recorded at the 5th Driff Festival at the Lily Pad, Cambridge, MA, October 1st, 2021. PorchBone:Jorrit Dijks...

10/13/2021

Here's Cutout from our recent Driff Fest on October 1st.

Cutout - No Reason (Jorrit Dijkstra)Recorded 10/1/2021 at the 5th Driff FestLilypad, Cambridge, Mass.Cutout:Jorrit Dijkstra - saxJeb Bishop - trombonePandeli...