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Makar Kashitsyn: Jazz Animals

Read "Jazz Animals" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
February 15, 2020

Straight outta St. Petersburg, Rainy Days Records has done a splendid job of documenting some of the strongest emerging voices in Russian jazz, starting with drummer Sasha Mashin's superb Outsidethebox in 2018. Mashin's debut release belied his youth with an assured poise and dynamic vision, and here we have yet another wonderful first outing: alto saxophonist ...

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Jazz Animals

By Makar Kashitsyn

Label: Rainy Days Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Jazz Animals; Going to Ekaterinburg; Confession; Song for Chad; Our Song; Time to Forget; Phone Call.

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The Change

By Zhenya Strigalev and Federico Dannemann

Label: Rainy Days Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Algo Rhythm; Pulse; Boo; Coquille Du Terre; Speed Up; The Change; Total Silence; Pank.

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Zoo

By Evgeny Sivtsov

Label: Rainy Days Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Zoo; Happy Hippo; Post-Wild; New Anthill; Dragonflysis; The Death Of The Last Dinosaur.

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Evgeny Sivtsov: Zoo

by Don Phipps
November 21, 2019

On Zoo, composer and pianist Evgeny Sivtsov reimagines and contrasts jazz styles in a clever and skillful manner. Sivtsov sounds like a cross between Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, or even Lennie Tristano—not just in his technique, but in his attack as well. This makes for piano playing that, depending upon the number, is at times robust ...

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Zhenya Strigalev and Federico Dannemann: The Change

Read "The Change" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 25, 2019

The leaders of this date met 14-years ago at the Royal Academy Music and have become important contributors to London's jazz scene. The album title parallels life's changes, namely saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev's move back to Russia and guitarist Federico Danneman's return to performing after devoting much of his time to teaching in Santiago, Chile. As first-call ...

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Zhenya Strigalev and Federico Dannemann: The Change

Read "The Change" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
June 24, 2019

Zhenya Strigalev and Federico Danneman previously recorded together on Strigalev's Blues For Maggie (Whirlwind, 2018), but with the possible exception of that album's penultimate track ,"Little Struggle," the fare offered there differed a little from what's on offer here. The Change unequivocally oozes rock-infused take-no-prisoners jazz. Perhaps the nearest comparison to this band, and this is ...