Cherkasy Jazz Quintet. Remembering the Beatles.

"Should we once again repeat that the twentieth century that has passed (as well as yesterday has) is reflected in us today. One of the brightest events of the "century of yesterday" was and still is the fantastic flash of creativity by "The Beatles" that still continues agitating us. Their music genius was reflected in all music genres of today – academic and variety art ones, but not that much in improvisation music. The number of jazz albums devoted to "The Beatles"'s art is just a little bit more than a dozen (and this is during 50 years!). The new album of the great (and creative) team Cherkasy Jazz Quintet of Sergiy Krasheninnikov is our modest contribution into the treasure-box of jazz versions of songs by the Liverpudlian four.

Thus – thirteen LP albums by "The Beatles" (in the chronological order), one song from each. Something is closer to the original, something is farther: jazz is music that is free in its creative search and discoveries.

Let us hope that this new CD by Cherkasy Jazz Quintet will turn to be a nice present both for fans of "The Beatles", and for fans of jazz (which is far not always the same). The task is not easy (but feasible?)."

Dmitry Zinkov (information from the CD's polygraphy)

Sergey Krasheninnikov - piano, leader
Alexander Schnayder - bass
Valeri Kirichenko - trumpet
Nikolai Evpak - tenor-sax
Alexander Cherkashyn - drums

Special guests:

Serhiy Kalinichenko - trombone
Yehor Havrylenko - bass guitar