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The Second Approach Trio
The Second Approach project's origin is Russian culture, if we mean Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Marc Chagall and Slavic songs. Their style of improvised music was definitely and unmistakably born in Russia.
What the band performs seems to go beyond standard definitions. It provokes controversy, interest and liking. The leader of the trio is an experienced composer, master of piano improvisation, Andrei Razin, a unique singer, member of well-known Gypsy band "Romen", Tatyana Komova, and one of the key acoustic bass players in Russia, Igor Ivanushkin, complete the band. The musical arsenal of the Second Approach combines elements of ethno music, modern creative jazz and contemporary classical music.
The ideas of The Second Approach lie in the area of pan-European spirit of the 21st century, enriched by Russian traditions. That is why the idea of co-work with the trio attracted so many high class musicians, from the French horn of the great Arkady Shilkloper's, sax-player Oleg Kireyev tosaxophonists Mike Ellis, of New York, Yuri Yaremchuk of Western Ukraine, drummer Klaus Kugel of Germany, and trombonist Roswell Rudd of USA.
In 1999, only one year after the band was created, it was nominated for Russian Jazz Journalists Association Awards in three categories. In March 2001, their CD "Ex Tempore" has been released both in Germany and Russia, while the trio performed in Stuttgart, Germany, at filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's retrospective with "In Memoriam Andrei" program. That same year the trio played at Kassel Jazz Festival (Germany) and at Jazz of Four Cultures Festival in Lodz, Poland. The Second Approach Projects also takes part in the annual Jazz Province moving festival that tours several major Russian cities. Their music finds its way to the airwaves on Russian radio stations and TV.
In autumn 2002, the Second Approach toured several festivals in Ukraine, Moldova and Northern Russia. Their new CD "Jazz, Please!" contains music that was recorded live during their performances at International Jazz Music Days in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, at Ethno Jazz Trio Festival in Chisinau, Moldavia, and at the Jazz Days in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The feeling of the vividly intense improvisational, aspired interaction with the audience is the most valuable result of that work. Moscow Jazz Journalists Association rewarded Andrei Razin with a diploma "The best jazz composer of the year".
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Mark Kerosman, Signal To Noise #54 2009