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Olga Amelchenko: Walking Shadows

By Ludovico Granvassu
August 24, 2025
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Howling Silence is

Olga Amelchenko

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Olga Amelchenko's new album, a project that explores the tension between the urge to speak out and the weight of silence... "howling silence" indeed. That may be the reason why even though her saxophone shimmers throughout the album, it a shimmering that comes with gravitas, as you can hear here in the compelling unfolding of "Walking Shadows."

For this recording, the saxophonist leads her Paris-based band—

Enzo Carniel

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Enzo Carniel on piano,

Etienne Renard

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Etienne Renard on bass, and

Jesus Vega

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Jesus Vega on drums—joined by a special guest, guitarist

Matthew Stevens

guitar
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Stevens.

Contact Ludovico Granvassu on All About Jazz.
I'm the Editor-in-Chief of All About Jazz Italia, host of Mondo Jazz on Radio Free Brooklyn and was once visited by Frank Zappa's ghost.... he was funny too.

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