NEW ALBUM OF GUITARIST GENE ESS TO BE RECORDED IN JUNE WITH PARTICIPATION OF TIGRAN HAMASIAN

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 13, 2008

PARIS, MAY 13, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Guitarist Gene Ess and
his quartet will be recording a new album in June. This new work will
feature the 2006 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition 1st place winner
Tigran Hamasyan on piano. At twenty-one, pianist Tigran Hamasyan
has already done much to launch his name into the world of emergent
young lions. After winning the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano
Competition in 2006, he studied in the United States before returning
to Paris, where he recorded his first album, New Era. Tigran will be
joining Gene Ess, Harvie S, and Tyshawn Sorey for these New York dates.