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Tri-Fi: Staring Into The Sun And Talking With WEMU

Marilyn Gouin
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89.1 WEMU

The jazz trio, Tri-Fi comprised of pianist Matthew Fries, bassist Phil Palombi and drummer Keith Hall recently celebrated their tenth anniversary as a working unit with their most expressive recording to date: Staring Into the Sun

They joined me on WEMU to discuss the genesis of the band as the working trio for singer Curtis Stigers and how their musical concept has evolved over ten years in a co-operative, creative and democratic fashion.  As a trio, they are a unified musical entity.  Each musician works to complement the other.  The resulting music is thoughtful but never predictable.

Linda Yohn simply cannot remember a day in her life that was not filled with music. Her early life was full of changes as the daughter of a well-respected cancer research scientist who moved his family about, but one thing was constant: the love of music instilled by her mother. So, when it seemed life was too hard to bear, young Linda would listen to her radio, play her guitar, dance her heart out and sing at the top of her lungs. So, it isn’t so strange that “older” Linda still does all those things!
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