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Yelena Eckemoff: Flying Steps

Read "Flying Steps" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
December 8, 2011

A good rule of thumb when exploring new or unfamiliar jazz terrain is to look for either bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz or drummer Peter Erskine among the personnel. Finding both together leads to the very satisfying net results of Yelena Eckemoff 's Flying Steps, reuniting the Russian-born pianist with Erskine for their third collaboration. ...

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Flying Steps

By Yelena Eckemoff

Label: L & H Production
Released: 2010
Track listing: Promise; A Smile; Good Morning; For Harry; Isolated; Where Is Maxim?; Tears Will Come; Insomnia; Mama; Steps; Tomorrow.

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Take Five With Yelena Eckemoff

by AAJ Staff
November 18, 2010

Meet Yelena Eckemoff: Yelena Eckemoff was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. Her parents noticed that she had great musical potential when she started to play piano by ear at the age of four. Yelena's mother, Olga, a professional pianist, became her first piano teacher. At the age of seven Yelena was accepted into ...

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Darek Oleszkiewicz: Like A Dream

Read "Like A Dream" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
October 11, 2004

A lyrical bassist with virtuosic technique, Darek Oles shares his love of straight-ahead jazz with many fellow musicians. Both in the U.S. and in his native Poland, he continues to nurture our love for a melody through his work with various ensembles. With his debut as leader, Oles also introduces the public to his musical compositions: ...

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Darek Oleszkiewicz: Like a Dream

Read "Like a Dream" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 19, 2004

Bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz, who prefers to go by the abbreviated moniker Oles, has gradually been establishing a name for himself on the West Coast scene over the past decade, playing on notable recordings by artists including Dianne Reeves, Jackie Ryan and Charles Lloyd. Now, with his Cryptogramophone d'but as a leader, Like a Dream , he ...