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Two Intonema Releases: Lucio Capece and Vile Cretin
by John Eyles
The Intonema label released its first CDs in 2011 and has maintained a steady stream of noteworthy releases since, the current pair bringing the total to ten. One of the more remarkable features of Intonema is that it is a Russian label, based in St Petersburg--surely a measure of how far the world has evolved since ...
Goat's Notes: Wild Nature Executives
by Glenn Astarita
Hailing from Moscow, Goat's Notes and four guest artists execute a liberating soundscape and sustain a great deal of interest, partly due to the conciseness of pieces averaging three-minutes in length. Featuring a whipped-up blend of improvisation, jazz, classical, and rock shaped into an avant-garde disposition, the artists integrate memorable melodies with dissonance, humor, and rambunctious ...
Bystrov/Bledsoe/Lapin: Triologue
by Glenn Astarita
American flautist and educator Helen Bledsoe resides in Cologne, Germany, and is a prominent improviser on the global circuit. She aligns with Russians, pianist Alexey Lapin and clarinetist Vlady Bystrov, for a soundscape that defies stringent categorizations but touches on avant-Chamber, free-jazz, and is embedded in dense montages, as they explore numerous possibilities and outcomes. Recorded ...
Evgeny Masloboev & Anastasia Masloboeva: Russian Folk Songs in the Key of New Jazz
by Glenn Astarita
The latest entry of the Russian Folk Songs series for UK-based Leo Records find the father and daughter team, Evgeny Masloboeva and Anastasia performing with Moscow's prominent new jazz artists, resulting in this fascinating gem. It's an unclassifiable brew in the literal sense. Russian folk is predominately evident throughout many of the abstractions and jazz-tinged momentums. ...
Behind the Lens With Arkady Mitnik
by Arkady Mitnik
Meet Arkady Mitnik:Born in former USSR, Arkady combines his professional career of Engineer with his main hobby of jazz photography.Gear:A number of Olympus E-cameras with top Zuiko lenses, Canon G-12 as well as analogue (film) OM-1 OM-2 and Mamiya 645.Teachers and/or influences?Leonid Levit from Ukraine, Alik ...
Leo Volskiy: Good News Blues
by Chris Mosey
Saint Petersburg is Russia's jazz capital, home to Igor Butman-Bill Clinton's favorite living saxophonist, and chosen for his musical debut by none other than Vladimir “Fats" Putin. Pianist Leo Volskiy also hails from the city, but no longer lives there. After studying at the Mussorgsky College of Music and listening to local musicians at such clubs ...
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