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Ilia Skibinsky: The Passage

Read "The Passage" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The youthful saxophonist/composer Ilia Skibinsky strikes a thoughtful pose, gazing down at his horn on the nicely designed cover of his debut, The Passage. The substitution of a much older visage would have been believable, given the depth and beauty of the playing, and the writing on the set's nine original compositions.Born in Russia, but moving with his family to Israel in 1993, where he performed with the best of his adopted country's jazz artists, Skibinsky succumbed to ...

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Ilia Skibinsky: The Passage

Read "The Passage" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Saxophonist David Binney's Mythology Records imprint is used sparingly, but when this maverick music man chooses to release albums under its banner, they tend to be bold and brimming with the excitement of the unknown; The Passage is no exception. With this debut, Russian-born/Israeli-bred/New York-based saxophonist/composer Ilia Skibinsky joins the elite Mythology roster, which includes post- modern piano marvel John Escreet and Binney himself. Skibinsky may not be as edgy as Binney, and his compositions may not be as aggressively ...

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Saxophonist/Composer Ilia Skibinsky Releases "The Passage" on David Binney's Mythology Records.

Saxophonist/Composer Ilia Skibinsky Releases "The Passage" on David Binney's Mythology Records.

Source: Two for the Show Media

Street Date: February 12th, 2013 Ilia Skibinskys' “The Passage" presents the listener with an outstanding approach to the recording layout. All nine original compositions are of completely diverse styles: A contemporary jazz composition with a big band feel, a Klezmer/Middle Eastern influence, then followed by an almost classical/cinematic piece featuring a string quartet and so on. Whatever turns the recording takes, the music is deeply rooted in jazz, and the transitions work. All members of the band and its leader ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Passage

Mythology Records
2013

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