Chase Morrin, George Lernis, Naseem Alatrash – Ize Trio: The Global Suites (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Chase Morrin, George Lernis, Naseem Alatrash – Ize Trio: The Global Suites (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:04 minutes | 837 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ize Trio

The core of the Ize Trio (a Boston-based collective), is to combine jazz and Middle Eastern music. Chase Morrin, a San Diego native, brings his classical and very lyrical style to the piano. Add to that the provocative cello talents of Naseem Alatrash, who has Palestinian roots, along with the tasty percussion licks of Cyprus-born George Lernis and you have an inspired, unique trio. This is their debut album.Morrin, Lernis and Alatrash met in Boston as students at Berklee Global Jazz Institute, working on master’s degrees. This Global jazz Institute encouraged them to explore musical multiculturalism and social activism. Their concept for The Global Suites began during the COVID pandemic shutdown. The three musicians had already established a friendship. When finding themselves locked in their dormitory rooms (for safety’s sake), they continued their trio venture remotely. This album features four expansive suites of music. Each suite represents a social issue.

The first movement, “Break G4S” focuses on Capitalism. This part of the suite represents the global military-industrial complex, starting with “The Machine” as movement one. They use dissonance to represent chaos and employ different keys and polyphony to show the churn of a sometimes-chaotic system of government.

In Part 2, “Echoes on the Wall” begins with a haunting cello solo. The trio says it is meant to symbolize those silenced by the pressures that grow from an inequitable system. Counter melodies and piano synergy enter to represent the questions in the minds of society.

Tracklist:

1-01. Chase Morrin – Break G4S: I. The Machine (03:57)
1-02. Chase Morrin – Break G4S: II. Echoes on the Wall (03:24)
1-03. Chase Morrin – Break G4S: III. Let us Out (03:53)
1-04. Chase Morrin – Resurrecting the Amber Sky: I. Present (04:22)
1-05. Chase Morrin – Resurrecting the Amber Sky: II. Past and Future (04:00)
1-06. Chase Morrin – All Loved: I. Home (04:29)
1-07. Chase Morrin – All Loved: II. The Journey (06:55)
1-08. Chase Morrin – Elemeno: I. Be a kid! (03:37)
1-09. Chase Morrin – Elemeno: II. Code Switching (05:49)
1-10. Chase Morrin – Elemeno: III. Discovery (01:34)

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