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‘Because of the Second Intifada and lack of violin teachers the cello became an alternative’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to jazz cellist NASEEM ALATRASH of the IZE Trio
Naseem Alatrash [Naseem Alatrash/Flickr]

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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