Giorgi Kiknadze Quartet - Paysage (2019)

The debut CD "Paysage" by the Georgian bassist Giorgi Kiknadze, who lives in Hamburg and has recorded with his longtime fellow players and friends Frank Delle (sax), Lukas Klapp (p) and Konrad Ullrich (dr), is peppered with dedications. On the one hand for people he admires and fascinates him, such as the composer Alban Berg or gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. And on the other for people whom he loves and who influenced him. People from two different countries, maybe even worlds, both of whom he sees as his own. For his family in Georgia, but also for his "own" new family in Germany. For friends from both countries who can not be more different. And just as different is the music: lyrical, free, powerful, gentle, painful, sad, loving and full of hope.