Different faces, different phases of life, different emotions. This CD is a puzzle of musical pieces that they have been recorded in different periods between April 1997 and March 2004. I felt the need for this CD to be recorded because each and every one of these recordings reflect my progress in music, in that specific period of time. From the student years in Graz to the co-operation with the great Sheila Jordan. To play with major and creative musicians is the greatest satisfaction and a great part of my life.

The trio with Faton Macula, Andy Kaufmann and all the musicians who surrounded us. Marco, Dieter, Aja, Louisa and of course Uli Rennert. The quartet with remarkable Fritz Pauer, Sanni Orasmaa and Dusan Novakov. The drummer Mika Seire in „You´ve changed“. The quartet with Oleg Chaly, Makis Stefanidis, Kostas Kouvidis, Christos Germenoglou in „Season song“. Thanks to Louisa, Sanni and Fritz Pauer for their participation with one personal compostion. A great thanks to the one and only Sheila Jordan for accepting to participate and for her really important friendship, her support, her life lesson and love that gives generously to the people.

All musicians who take part in this CD are important artists and I owe them a great thanks for the love they gave in that recording which as many times as I listen to it, moves me and makes me happy. Each one of them is from a different place and different culture and is a different personality. But music unites people, overcomes the differences and raises humanity to a superior level. Also thanks for my teachers, all musicians I played with, Ioanna Tzika, Giannis Koutsouridis and the jazz and creative music club (www.jazznet.gr). Patroklos and Natassa Skafida, Kostas Petrakis, Alekos Papadopoulos Christos Erkekoglou, Chara Andreidou and Kroustophono and everybody who helped in making this CD become real.

Happy listening
Lakis Tzimkas