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Dark Side Trio: Industrial Song
ByJazz from countries formerly part or satellites of the USSR has had a long struggle to be heard. After the post-revolutionary freedoms of the early 1920s, jazz was systematically repressed by the Kremlin, which grew increasingly suspicious of the music's American origins and regarded it as a Trojan horse which, if it could not be silenced completely, then needed at least to be pushed to the very margins. Soviet satellites such as Poland, which were nominally independent, had a head start on Soviet republics such as Ukraine.
But on the evidence of Industrial Song, Ukrainian jazz is catching up. The musicians are technically adept and Vinarikov, trumpeter Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (a Fulbright scholar), keyboard player Misha Lushenko and guitarist Konstantin Ivchuk are assured soloists. Vinarikov is also an engaging composer, writing all the album's seven tunes. There are times, probably inevitably, when the music resonates with the work of an earlier generation of players from neighbouring Poland, notably Tomasz Stańko and Krzysztof Komeda, who have presumably been an important influence on the development of the Ukrainian scene.
As Vinarikov's generation of Ukrainian musicians develop a more clearly defined Ukrainian voice things will get even betterand if the six musicians in the Dark Side Trio are indicative, the chops are there, ready to go. Stay tuned.
Track Listing
Industrial Song; Anabiosis; Haiku; Zeppelinstrasse; Anthem; Ghost City; Presence.
Personnel
Danylo Vinarikov
saxophone, tenorYakiv Tsvietinskyi
trumpetMisha Lushenko
keyboardsKonstantin Ivchuk
guitarSerhii Artemov
bass, electricDmytro Lytvynenko
drumsAlbum information
Title: Industrial Song | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Self Produced
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About Danylo Vinarikov
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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