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Yelena Eckemoff: Lions

by Tyran Grillo
January 26, 2026

Pianist Yelena Eckemoff, a melodic marvel whose gift for atmosphere has been apparent from the beginning, has never felt comfortable settling into a single definition. Rooted in classicalism yet never bound by its strictures, she has carved a singular path through the world of jazz, guided by a restless imagination that treats genre as porous terrain ...

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Lions

By Yelena Eckemoff

Label: L & H Production
Released: 2015
Track listing: CD 1: Lions; Migrating Birds; Pursuit; Night in Savanna; Stars Bathing in Shallow Waters; Young at Play; Sphinx. CD 2: Simple Pleasures; Lions Blues; Instinct; Surviving the Famine; Joining the Pride; Ode to Innocence; Ode to Strength.

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Yelena Eckemoff Trio: Lions

Read "Lions" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 11, 2015

Yelena Eckemoff has a lot to say artistically. The Russian-born, classically-trained pianist--now home-based in North Carolina--has released eight jazz albums in the past nine years, sets that are packed to the digital rafters with close to the time limit for the CD format--in the 70-plus minute range. For Lions, the ideas spilled over onto two CDs, ...