Carl Dimow -- flute and guitar in Portland, Maine

"This is true folk music of the Klezmer kind, paying tribute to the deep roots of the music from Eastern Europe and beyond. Fun and frolic, but also pathos and yearning abound. This is emotionally charged music, played with abandon by musicians who are clearly comfortable with each other. The reworking of two classic tunes written for clarinet by Dave Tarras into flute solos is just brilliant. Some of these tunes you will want to get up and dance to - at least I did! "Walking Tune", by Carl, is a contemplative, odd-meter tune featuring the bass flute. Joy, sadness, foreboding, love, loss: it's all here - give a listen."
– Elizabeth Watson, Greater Boston Flute Association

"Dimow created his Klezmer Suite as a way to celebrate his tenure with the Casco Bay Tummlers klezmer band. The melodies elicit moods of joy and sadness and are overall a celebration of life. Dimow "klezmerizes" his conventional flute tone by bending pitches for musical emphasis and allows his sound to momentarily go out of focus for added sensuality. I especially appreciated the educational notes about the names of the rhythms and styles that I was hearing in each movement."
– The Flutist Quarterly

"Varied album showcasing the talents of all its members...includes a xylophone doyne by Hayes Porterfield, a sensual, jazz-influenced flute doyne, several vocals by bassist Julie Goell, and, of course the clarinets of Danny Mills, whose sound ranges from Greek to Statman!"
– YiddishMusic.com

"Italy has welcomed American jazz artists over the years, often providing musical support for them from a cadre of homegrown players. Things sort of came full circle when local jazz/world/klezmer flutist Carl Dimow met the accomplished Italian vocalist Giuppi Paone in the summer of 2012 while she was visiting a friend in Portland...Paone's "Late-Late Nite Ferry Blues" is one of the most wide-open tunes in terms of collective expressiveness, with Tipton, Dimow and Paone traversing the dark waters established by Clark and Porterfield. This piece and "La porta sull'oceano" confirm that this group, full of a spontaneous intimacy, found harbor in Portland while still hearing the call of the open sea..."
– Steve Feeney, Portland Press Herald

Music and Publications by Carl Dimow:

Klezmer Suite:

Now carried by ALRY Publications

"Thanks for writing such a great piece!!! We've performed it twice now and have had nothing but rave reviews!" Duo Beija-Flor, (Montreal) www.duobeija-flor.com

"I'm convinced publication of the klezmer suite will be a big success.. . .particularly since you notated the effects." Jan Boland, (Boland Dowdall Duo)

New CD The Acadia Session:

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"...capture(s) an intimate moment of improvisational wizardry and musical freedom."
– Portland Phoenix

"The Acadia Session" shows that very good things can happen in the musical moment.
– Portland Press Herald

Border Crossings:

Kolosko-Dimow Duo = Carl Dimow – flute/bass flute; Nathan Kolosko – Classical Guitar

"The interplay between Kolosko's impassioned fretwork and Dimow's mesmerizing work on flute and bass flute is often magical. In "Border Crossings" The Kolosko-Dimow Duo has created a musical reverie."
– James Filkins - minor 7th

"captivating new disc...the color of the guitar combines with the melancholy bass flute tone in harmonically heart-wrenching ways."
– The Flutist Quarterly

Xango – Baden Powell (arr. Kolosko-Dimow)

Nayarit – (Nathan Kolosko)

Preludio
Kino
Duerme
Danzas

Klezmer Suite – (Carl Dimow)

Tarras
Casco Bay Chusidl / Bacon Street Bulgar
Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow
Oriental Hora

Afro Sambas – Baden Powell (Arr. Kolosko, Dimow)

Canto de Ossanha
Tempo de Amor
Tristeza y Soledad

nos-tal.gia:

with Nathan Kolosko

"The Bachianas Brasileiras by Villa-Lobos is stunning on bass flute. This is a great recording that I highly recommend."
– Flute Talk Magazine

"...such artistry, you may find yourself levitated a few inches off the floor ... the sound is both celestial and lively."
– Portland Press Herald

"Nostalgia features some truly sublime playing, both meditative and playful, as well as a successful delivery of the sentiment expressed in the title."
– Portland Phoenix

Modinha - Paulo Bellinati (1950)
Eterna Saudade - Dilermando Reis (1916 -1977)
Retrato Brazileiro* - Baden Powell (1937-2000)
Valsa sem Nome - Baden Powell (1937 -2000)
Bachianas Brazileiras No.5* - Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Sambossa (Bossa Nova) - Celso Machado (1953)
Maria Carolina - Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
Lento Medatativo - solo bass flute - Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Samba em Preludio - Baden Powell (1937-2000)
Modinha - Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Sons de Carilhoes - Joao Teixeira Guimaraes (1883-1947)
Natalia (Valse No.3) - Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
Quebra Queixo (Choro) - Celso Machado (1953)
Valse Venezolano* - Raul Borges (1882-1967)
El Negrito* - Antonio Lauro (1882-1967)

Carl has also been featured on several CDs by other musicians, including Jennifer Porter's Hyacinth Boy Blue and Nick Humez' Myth Songs.