Jesus Vega

Howling Silence

By Olga Amelchenko

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Howling Silence; Irreversible; Midnight Dances; April; May Have Forgotten Its Way; When It��s Time To Say Goodbye; Reset; Walking Shadows.

Olga Amelchenko: Howling Silence

by Andrew Hunter
August 26, 2025

Olga Amelchenko, the Russian born, Paris based saxophonist and composer, is joined here on her fourth recording as leader by a strong ensemble with members old and new. Jesus Vega has been playing drums with Amelchenko for a long while. Canadian guitarist Matthew Stevens, who did such great work with Walter Smith iii, is a new ...

Olga Amelchenko: Walking Shadows

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 24, 2025

Howling Silence is 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 ...

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 4

by Ian Patterson
August 5, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The fourth installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces four more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and originality of contemporary ...

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
March 19, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping the Ukrainian jazz ...

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By Danil Zverkhanovsky

Label: Dnipro & Kruchi
Released: 2023
Track listing: One For Dennis; U-Bahn Verse #5; Sweet Ghosts; U-Bahn Verse #2; Work In Progress; U-Bahn Verse #3;

Work In Progress

By Danil Zverkhanovsky

Label: Dnipro & Kruchi
Released: 2023
Track listing: Spring Exacerbation; Dirty Dozen; U-Bahn Verse #4; Postmodern Serenade; U- Bahn Verse #7; No Girlfriend Blues; ��6 / U-Bahn Verse #6; Glow; Lady G; U-Bahn Verse #1; One For Dennis; U-Bahn Verse #5; Sweet Ghosts; U-Bahn Verse #2; Work In Progress; U-Bahn Verse #3.

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By Danil Zverkhanovsky

Label: Dnipro & Kruchi
Released: 2023
Track listing: ���֧ާ� ��?�ӧ�ڧߧ� (No Girlfriend Blues); ��?��� �� �ާ֧��� ��6 (U-Bahn Verse #6); ����?��?�ߧߧ� (Glow); Lady G; ��?��� �� �ާ֧��� ��1 (U-Bahn Verse #1);

Danil Zverkhanovsky: Work In Progress

by Hrayr Attarian
March 11, 2023

Berlin-based, Ukrainian guitarist Danil Zverkhanovsky released his second album as a leader, the captivating Work In Progress in piecemeal fashion over three EPs. Thematically, however, the three parts are unified, showcasing Zverkhanvosky's prodigious talent as a composer and performer. The earliest tunes were written in 2011 when he was only 17 and the latest ones are ...