Gregory Nemirovsky. SonGs in the Key of Odd. /eco-pack/.

This is the second "named" album by Gregory Nemirovsky – and it, unlike "Mirages", was no longer recorded by him alone. As the title promises, the album has turned out quite strange – but in a good sense. This is the strangeness that can only be afforded by good, versatile musicians – otherwise, originality may easily turn into farce, showing off. This did not happen here – one virtually feels with one's skin in what a thin, delicate way all of that is compiled. Nemirovsky balances interlacing harmonies, which sometimes resemble elusiveness of Sylvestrov's silence colored with the twilight shine of Er.J.Orchestra – although the result of that is, of course, something third offering a very individual drive. I was lucky to hear this program both on the disc, and in concert, so I can say with confidence: the magic is there in the both cases. Special, elusive, and colorful – somewhere at the intersection of the actual language of jazz, modern academicism, and the deep intuitive feeling by the musicians of the folklore language.. However, it is not about definitions. In this music, one can breathe even when at a long dive – its weightlessness is sometimes just mesmerizing.

Gregori Nemirovsky - trumpet, flugelhorn, mellophone, Zink /medieval cornette/ (1), Fender Rhodes (2)
Olesya Zdorovetska - voice (4)
Kostyantyn Ionenko - bass
Rustem Bari - percussions
Olexander Beregovsky - percussions
Alex Fantaev - drums
Arcadia String Orchestra (6)