Jazz Articles about LRK Trio

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LRK Trio: Plyasovaya

by Geno Thackara
December 9, 2023

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Masha Art & LRK Trio: Anesthesia

by Geno Thackara
June 11, 2019

The fresh musical voice more formally known as Maria Artemenko seems ready to seize her saxophone and make a splash. Building on some solid study and orchestra performance, she offers a solid and eclectic surprise, for the first time stepping out internationally on her own. Equal credit must go to LRK Trio as well and, here, it is a superb match. Art is certainly fortunate to collaborate with an established group whose chemistry inevitably out-cooks that of a group of ...

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LRK Trio: If You Have a Dream

by Geno Thackara
September 3, 2017

It begins with a swell of strings that could almost serve as a prelude to something classical. Before the first minute is over, the piano swoops in for a brief but dizzying solo as the intro builds to a plateau. In the next minute we're launched into a tumble down a very steep slope--the piece's composer Evgeny Lebedev careens up and down the keys at lightning speed while his cohorts zip alongside like water-skiers bouncing over the surface of a ...