Kristina Marti, Laura Marti. Krunk. Armenian jazz project. /digi-pack/.

The Armenian music is not only the heavenly sadness voiced by a duduk. It is much more interesting) And it is very nice – with all due respect – that recordings of the Ukrainian jazz with Armenian roots are now no longer limited to works by Anatoly Alexanyan. Marti sisters with friends have released a great work interesting in many ways. First, let's note that the album "Krunk" (Arm. "a crane") is based on authors' material: Khrystyna is the author of the lyrics, and Laura – the author of the music. However, there are also a few folk songs from Komitas' recordings – but those are also arranged by Laura. On the other hand, despite the Oriental sophistication of the melodies and intricacy of the rhythms – it is very European music, in fact. And it is not so much about the jazz vein, rather about the ability to avoid the superfluous, which, with such richness and emotional intensity of the music, is a true feat. Seriously – this is a very strange feeling: the entire album is perceived as a very dense cloth that paradoxically wraps a lot of transparent space. And here, perhaps, a separate compliment should be addressed to all musicians of the ensemble. For it seems that it comes to experience and tolerance of the quality that allows you to draw not only self-portraits but – worlds and spaces..
Laura Marti – vocal, back vocal
Kristina Marti – vocal, back vocal
Olexander Telepnev – trumpet
Victor Pavelko – soprano, tenor sax
Nataliya Lebedeva – keyboards
Kostyantyn Ionenko – bass
Alex Fantaev – drums, rainstick
Armen Kostandyan – percussion, duduk, zurna, voice