Review from Secret Electric - New Album "Remedy"

“Zela Margossian’s third album with her quintet, Remedy, feels like a bridge between eras. There is a deep, maybe quiet echo of Aram Khachaturian. Even though he was a classical composer from a different century, we still live that his spirit lives in the cinematic weight and heroic energy of Zela’s melodies. It’s as if his sense of drama has been distilled into a modern jazz setting. You also hear echoes of Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, and while her roots are Azerbaijani rather than Armenian, they share that incredible ability to take complex Eastern modal traditions and make them feel right at home on a piano. Alongside influences like Tigran Hamasyan or even Faraj Suleiman, the album creates a sound that despite the tricky playing, never loses its sense of place. On a personal note, this “triptych” of influences, the classical power of Khachaturian, the brilliance of Aziza, and the modern edge of artists like Tigran Hamasyan, is something that has shaped my own musical landscape for years. Seeing Zela weave these threads together feels like a homecoming.” see full article here