Dennis Adu. Influences. /digi-pack/.

In the Ukrainian jazz circles, Dennis Adu is virtually the best known young trumpeter. He appeared there very timely – and really worked a lot, in a heap of projects, in different styles, he has had a chance to play with a number of stars – local and international ones. He has experimented, studied, absorbed (that's what the influences are about), grown above himself. Hurried slowly. And finally he has matured for his first album: from the name on the cover to all the music under the cover, because Dennis is the author of all the compositions here. Here you will not hear a "raw" part, everything sounds sound and tight – despite the rather light atmosphere. That, in turn, does not at all mean that the music is light-minded – it is just that there is the impression of weightless concentration, where challenging things are done carefully and with joy. As if everything was polished repeatedly – even if it actually was not. Perhaps, that is why the melodies flow somewhat aloof (although exactly in the middle of the album this impression will temporarily but definitely disappear), but in this cool lyricism there is its own – and significant – charm.
Dennis Adu - trumpet, flugelhorn
Andrew Gould - alto saxophone (1,5)
Dmytro Aleksandrov - tenor and soprano saxophone
Michael Dease - trombone (5,8)
Pavlo Lytvynenko - piano, rhodes
Linda May Han Oh - bass
Mike Karn - bass (1,5,8)
Pavlo Galytskyi - drums