Aleksandre Kiladze’s Jazz Choral

LP One of the rarest Georgian [Soviet] releases ever Previously unreleased song ‘Borjomi Valley’ New Georgian Reissue label TBILISI Records from Vodkast. Alongside standards, the ensemble’s material contained many outstanding, stylistically versatile originals lushly arranged into the layered vocal harmonies juxtaposed against the band’s tuneful, dynamic play. The polyphony Jazz Choral displays draws equally from Georgian folklore and vocal jazz band tradition. This singular fusion of these two culturally distinct elements creates a remarkable listening experience often emulated by newer Georgian jazz formations thereafter.