Colorblind

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  Greg

  • Root Genre: Jazz
  • Primary Branch: Contemporary Jazz / Jazz Fusion
  • Secondary Influences: World / Regional Modern, Free Jazz, Folk, Chamber Jazz
  • Textural Identity: Organic, spacious and highly conversational — saxophones, flutes, fretless/fretted electric bass, piano, keyboards, percussion and drums, with constant switching of instrumental roles
  • Energy Axis: Medium (fluid and dynamic, moving between meditative passages, open improvisation and more rhythmically driven ensemble playing)

  Colorblind is very clearly Jazz at the root. Human Touch are the long-running Greek trio of David Lynch, Yiotis Kiourtsoglou and Stavros Lantsias, and the Hellenic Jazz Society credits underline how unusually broad their palette is: Lynch on saxophones, flutes, whistles, voice and percussion; Kiourtsoglou on fretted and fretless electric bass and cajón; Lantsias on piano, keyboards, drums, classical guitar and melodica. :chatgpt-content-reference{index=“0”}

  I’d use Contemporary Jazz / Jazz Fusion as the primary branch rather than free jazz alone. Some retailers classify the album as contemporary jazz and free jazz, while other descriptions emphasize a blend of jazz, fusion and world-music elements. That feels closer to what Human Touch actually do: the music is open and improvisatory, but still melodic, composed and rhythmically grounded. :chatgpt-content-reference{index=“1″}

  The album is also notable as the trio’s return after roughly 20 years since Movin’. The 12-track set includes compositions by all three members, plus the traditional “Kalanta Thrakis,” which reinforces the folk/regional influence in the record’s vocabulary. :chatgpt-content-reference{index=“2”}

  Small review: Colorblind sounds like a trio with decades of shared language behind it. The playing is virtuosic, but rarely showy; what stands out is how naturally the three musicians shift roles and leave room for one another. “Human Wonder” is especially strong, balancing Lantsias’s lyrical writing with the trio’s fluid interaction, while the title track and “Still Something” open the music into looser, more atmospheric territory. The result is contemporary jazz that feels distinctly Mediterranean without leaning on obvious regional signifiers.

  Collection shorthand: Jazz → Contemporary Jazz / Jazz Fusion.