Jazz Articles about Tamara Lukasheva

About Tamara Lukasheva

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Tamara Lukasheva: The Dangerous Beauty of Silence, Slowness and Modern Jazz

by John March
July 14, 2026

Tamara Lukasheva is one of those artists whose work becomes more difficult to categorize the longer you spend listening to it. A vocalist, composer, and improviser originally from Ukraine and now based in Europe, she moves fluidly between jazz, contemporary composition, improvisation, experimental vocal practice, and forms that do not comfortably belong to any one category. What makes her work especially compelling is the feeling that composition, sound, language, structure, and improvisation are all unfolding simultaneously rather than behaving like ...

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A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
March 19, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping the Ukrainian jazz flame burning brightly in these most difficult of times. Pokaz Trio Pokaz Trio takes its name from pianist and ...