ShockolaD, Off-Quar-Tet. Jazz:Kolo:Bez. live. (2CD). /digi-pack/

This concert became a joint project of Lviv festival "Jazz Bez" and the Kyiv series of mini-festivals "Jazz-Kolo". However, two concerts took place on that evening in actual fact – and those performances were so different that almost no temptation even arises to compare them with each other. Not because there was nothing in common at all – in the end, the specific European aftertaste is characteristic of both the Danish and the Ukrainian projects. Besides, Tomasz Dombrowski played the winds in the both acts that evening, and it is difficult not to notice it. On the other hand, Off-quar-tet managed with its own forces, while ShockolaD played together with Lviv chamber orchestra "Leopolis" – and, which is nice, this color appeared not that bright as deep. But another thing is always the main one: whether the musicians succeed in revealing themselves in music – and, thus, revealing the audience with the music. And here, presumably, there will be no objections: all of that – happened! Plus, for some reason, I'd like to separately mention the both drummers – Rasmus Schmidt and Ihor Hnydyn – and to thank them for great work..