Kosmos G, Elektrik Teke | The Vinyl Anachronist

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  A couple of years ago I reviewed the debut album from B3B4, an innovative jazz organ quartet led by Hammond B-3 maestro Kevin Gerzevitz. I wrote, “Every new groove will surprise you, at least a little bit.” That was an important distinction because the Hammond B-3 craze was running at full steam in May of 2018, and I needed the fun and inventive B3B4 to break up the monotony and to keep the trend fresh and interesting. Little did I know that Gerzevitz, now going under the name Kosmos G, would deliver a second album so completely different from the first that I took me a while to make the connection. This is the same guy? Kosmos G has just released his debut album, Elektrik Teke, and it initially sounds completely different from B3B4. There’s very little or no jazz in it. Elektrik Teke, as explained by Gerzevitz, was “conceived many years ago while performing in an old-time Rebetika band. During that time, I learned several old rebetika melodies that I’ve re-imagined in a modern, electronic/rock context.” Rebetika is a form of Greek “urban music” that first appeared in the late 19th century and enjoyed a revival in the […]

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