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Alina Zalozna

Born: October 15, 1996

Alina Zalozna is a jazz vocalist, composer and a new face of the Ukrainian jazz scene, crafting a front edge blend of improvised jazz and folk in a warm and organic tone. She was the winner of the International Baku jazz competition in 2019 and received a special recognition as a soloist by the jury of Blue Note Poznan jazz competition in 2021.

In 2022 she released her debut album “Ukrainian Melodies” as a response on the full scale Russian-Ukrainian war, featuring the prominent Ukrainian jazz musicians Borys Mohylevskyi, Oleksandr Malyshev, Denys Dontsov, Valentyn Korniienko, Pavlo Halytskyi. The album consists of 10 Ukrainian folk songs presented in Alina’s original jazz arrangements that she had been working on for the past 5 years. Using a common jazz language, she naturally combined authentic melodies with contemporary jazz rhythms and harmonies. The project received positive feedback and was performed live in Ukraine and Malaga, Spain, where she performed charity concerts featuring Ukrainian bassist and composer Illya Alabuzhev and Spanish saxophonist Enrique Oliver in support of Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainian Melodies

By Alina Zalozna

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Shumyt`, I Hude; Ivanku, Ivanku; Oy Khodyt` son; Sydyt` Divcha; Nese Halya Vodu; Oy u Hayu; Verkhovyno; Hey, Plyve Kacha; Oy u Vyshnevomu Sadu; Oy u Luzi Chervona Kalyna