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CHRIS SEARLE speaks to jazz cellist NASEEM ALATRASH of the IZE Trio
IT’S quite an album this, by the cosmopolitan IZE trio. Just consider its four titles, with the first track called Break G4S “On Capitalism”; the second, Resurrecting The Amber Sky “On Environmentalism”; the third All Loved “On Immigration”; and the fourth Elemeno, “On Education”.
The trio are San Diego, California-born pianist Chase Morrin, Cyprus-born percussionist George Lernis and Palestinian cellist, Naseem Alatrash. I asked Naseem about his life in music and the story behind the trio’s album, The Global Suites.
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