This is a set of three tiny miniatures, the shortest of which comprises just ten bars.
The language is that of mainstream contemporary jazz, and each piece is quite charming within its modest parameters. Finest of all is the closing Back Streets of Beyoglu, in which the poignant minor sevenths and chromatic bass-lines create a wonderfully rich thumbnail image which has been and gone in a matter of seconds.
Concise but imaginative, and they're so brief you could even perform all three as a single encore.
(Paul Fowles, Classical Guitar)
