8712474133420

New York Encounter

Yakov Okun

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Format: CD

Cat No: CRISS1334CD

Release Date:  11 April 2011

Label:  Criss Cross Jazz

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8712474133420

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. PENT-UP CHAOS (S. Rollins-Y. Okun) 5.49
      • 2. KIND BUG (A. Spadavecchia) 8.19
      • 3. SPILLIKINS (Y. Okun) 6.01
      • 4. JITTERBUG WALTZ (F. Waller) 7.28
      • 5. ERIC DOLPHY'S TOMB (Y. Okun) 6.30
      • 6. FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN (F. Hollander) 5.10
      • 7. PLAIN JANE (S. Rollins) 6.28
      • 8. GIANT STEPS (J. Coltrane) 5.34
      • 9. HEAVEN (D. Ellington) 5.10