Jazz Articles about Ruslan Sirota

About Ruslan Sirota

Album Review

Waking Vision: The Breathing Earth

Read "The Breathing Earth" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 29, 2023

In terms of its history and current crop of talented musicians, Pittsburgh is a stellar music city that somehow always gets overlooked when considering the USA's major music centers. A world-class guitarist, comfortable in both jazz and popular realms, John Shannon cut his teeth in high school working with such Pittsburgh luminaries as Eric Kloss and Dwayne Dolphin. During his time spent at Berklee College of Music, Shannon had the good fortune of studying with icons such as Mick Goodrick ...

Interview

Ruslan Sirota: A Journey Away

by Mackenzie Horne
January 17, 2020

Ruslan Sirota would bristle against the classification of “pianist," “multi-instrumentalist," or “composer." He is, of course, all of these things... which is precisely the point. Raised on the songs of the Soviet and nurtured by the fusion alumni of the 1960s, Sirota has thus far navigated his professional career with an acute sense of sound, unencumbered by futile terminology. This disregard for straitjacketing semantics extends from his musical tastes to his job description. He casts such inhibitors aside in the ...

Album Review

Ruslan Sirota: A Lifetime Away

Read "A Lifetime Away" reviewed by Mackenzie Horne

by Mackenzie Horne
October 27, 2019

The Ruslan Sirota who engineered A Lifetime Away (Ruslan Sirota, 2019) has been years in the making. Sirota, who tends to view growth in terms of saying the most with the least, has developed an objective sophistication since the release of his self-titled debut record in 2011. More unified in mind and spirit, he has manifested an internal transformation into his work. Sirota displays athleticism at the piano, quickly pivoting between influences with robust musical stamina. Equal parts ...