Label: Criss Cross
Format: CD
Barcode: 8712474133420
Catalog number: CRISS 1334
Releasedate: 04-03-11
Format: CD
Barcode: 8712474133420
Releasedate: 04-03-11
A major force in Russian Jazz since the mid ‘90s, pianist Yakov Okun, finally
places himself on the international stage with his Criss Cross debut, a trio date
with world-class bass-drum team Ben Street and Billy Drummond on which he
mixes challenging original material with strong arrangements and less traveled
Songbook repertoire and tunes by Sonny Rollins, and Fats Waller.
At 38, Okun is an individualistic voice, an important player, able in his improvisations
to refract an entire timeline of jazz vocabulary in a cogent, compositional manner.
places himself on the international stage with his Criss Cross debut, a trio date
with world-class bass-drum team Ben Street and Billy Drummond on which he
mixes challenging original material with strong arrangements and less traveled
Songbook repertoire and tunes by Sonny Rollins, and Fats Waller.
At 38, Okun is an individualistic voice, an important player, able in his improvisations
to refract an entire timeline of jazz vocabulary in a cogent, compositional manner.