Results for "Ukraine"

Illya Gomola

Born: May 14, 1978

1986 – 1992 music education in music school - trumpet, piano 1993 – 1998 different music bands in college and outside 1998 – 2008 rock band "Анкл7" 2000 – first jazz band 2008 – 2016 JazzOK own jazz group with different performers 2009-2010 Sahara Sahara (Сахара Сахара) band 2009 - jamming with Damo Suzuki 2011 - solo album Ludwig (Home and Other Recordings) 2010 - 2011 v 1.0

Anna Mia: Miasophy

by Martin McFie
January 13, 2019

Kiev is the capital of Ukraine sitting uncomfortably between Europe and Russia on the Black Sea. A finance package with Europe was switched to financing from Russia. People took to the streets and the president left town for a long trip to Russia, which then annexed the Crimea. This is not the plot of a Gilbert ...

Yakiv Tsvietinskyi

Born: August 13, 1991

Jazz trumpeter Yakiv Tsvietinskyi is one of the modern voices of the Ukrainian jazz scene. Deeply rooted in classical and modernist music as a composer, Yakiv creates jazz pieces with developed complex textures while maintaining the freedom and spontaneity of the improvisational nature of jazz. His trumpet style combines the influences of Chet Baker’s lyricism, Clark Terry’s feel of motion, Tomasz Stanko’s sound and Kenny Wheeler’s unpredictability. Born in 1990s and being a classically trained trumpet player in industrial Dnipro, Ukraine, there was no way to learn jazz other than self-education

Danil Zverkhanovsky

Born: March 28, 1994

Born in 1994 in Kyiv, Danil Zverkhanovsky has been studying music for the last decade, focusing on guitar and improvisation. After graduating from a music college in Kyiv he has moved to Austria to study at the University of Arts Graz and eventually relocated to Berlin. He completed his bachelor studies at the Jazz Institute Berlin, with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Greg Cohen among his teachers. Danil is a prize-winner of MM Jazzfestival 2013 and a semi-finalist of the Montreux Jazz Electric Guitar Competition 2013 and Riga Jazz Stage 2017. Danil's music is a result of the search for an original language that suits modern environment.

Pokaz Andrew

Born: January 23, 1985

Alfa Jazz Fest 2017

by Thomas Conrad
July 11, 2017

Alfa Jazz Fest 2017 Lviv, Ukraine June 23-27, 2017 Jazz festivals are different in Europe. There are more of them, and they are crucial to the economic viability, social solidarity and creative evolution of the jazz art form. Many European towns that host their own annual jazz events seem like ...

Konstantin Ionenko Quartet: Noema

by Mark Sullivan
January 28, 2016

Ukrainian bassist/composer Konstantin Ionenko introduces a striking new quartet on Noema. His previous release Deep Immersion (Fancy Music, 2013) was a quintet with piano, trumpet and saxophone. Only Ionenko and drummer Pavel Galitsky remain from that group, joined by new members Dima Bondarev (flugelhorn) and Alex Maksymiw (guitar). There was precedent for working with a guitarist, ...

Tokyo Label Core Port Releases "Deep Immersion" by Bassist & Composer Konstantin Ionenko

November 20, 2015

Over the last decade, Konstantin Ionenko has been engaged in several jazz projects spanning different countries, though only a small number of which were recorded and released. A solo project was just a matter of time as Ionenko's composing talent has been highly praised by colleagues and audience alike. His debut release Deep Immersion contains seven ...

Two Konstantin Ionenko Releases on Fancy Music

by Mark Sullivan
April 28, 2015

Two recent releases from the Russian Fancy Music label feature Ukrainian bassist Konstantin Ionenko (they also have drummer Pavel Galitsky in common). Ionenko holds down the low end with an electric bass guitar, but the group sound on these recordings is primarily acoustic, with a bass approach similar to what a double bassist would play--no slapping ...

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, World Jazz Legend, Herbie Hancock Supports Master-Jam Fest

March 27, 2014

The author and Producer General of Master-Jam Fest, Mikhail Freidlin received the letter of gratitude and support from Herbie Hancock, jazz legend of the 20th century, one of the most influential jazz musicians of modernity, 14 Grammy Awards winner, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue and UNESCO International Jazz Day founder. Dear Mr. ...