LP / Black heavy weight vinyl / 180 gr./ First press / "Old style" laminated single sleeve cover / 2 page insert with photos / All-analog recording /A A A/
 
 
The Third Stream Quartet's focus is cool jazz / third stream style. In order to achieve a distinct chamber ensemble sound, there are no drums in the composition. "Third stream" is a term for the fusion of jazz and classical music. Very typical examples of the "third stream" are the ensemble "The Modern Jazz Quartet", as well as M. Davis and G. Evans' records "Miles Ahead", "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain". The quartet was also inspired by the drumless trio sound of legendary jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre.
 
Indriķis Veitners is a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and pedagogue, a researcher of Latvian jazz history and the founder and head of the Latvian Music Academy Jazz department. Eriks Miezis is a young and promising vibraphonist and composer, who graduated from the Basel Music Academy in Switzerland, actively composes and performs together with Miķelis Dzenuška, the Latvian Radio big band and many other jazz ensembles. Pranas Kentra is one of the brightest Lithuanian jazz guitarists, the head of the Jazz department of the Lithuanian university Vilnius Kolegija, and together with the well-known Lithuanian trombonist Jievaras Jasinskas plays music in the contemporary jazz ensemble "Broken Glass Quartet". Andris Grunte is one of the most experienced and professional Latvian jazz double bassists who regularly performs with leading Latvian jazz musicians and bands.
 
Recorded live direct to analog tape using a Studer A80 1/4” two-track tape recorder without any editing or overdubbing.
 
 
Indriķis Veitners - clarinet
Ēriks Miezis - vibraphone
Pranas Kentra - electric guitar
Andris Grunte - double bass
 
All music composed by Ēriks Miezis and Indriķis Veitners.
Digital Only Bonus Track Slipped Disc composed by Benny Goodman.
Recorded on March 11 -13 2024 at the Jersika Records Studios, Riga, Latvia.
Recording Engineer: Mārtiņš Krastiņš
Assistant Recording and Tape Engineer: Mareks Ameriks
Tapes prepared for vinyl release by Mārtiņš Krastiņš
Digital Mastering at HELI media
Mastering Engineer: Mārtiņš Krastiņš
Produced by Mareks Ameriks.
Cover photos: Juris Justs
Liner photos: Oskars Upenieks
Sleeve Design: Edgars Ameriks
Liner notes translated by Mārtiņš Šmits
Direct Metal Mastering.