It was absolutely terrific
to see the Amersham absolutely packed with Jazz revelers this week, crisp
lagers in hand, enjoying the Jon Desbruslais Quintet and Jim Rattigan’s new Reverberance project, thanks to all who
made it such a special night!
Next up we have the enigmatic
virtuoso saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev and his Uranium X-tet…
Uranium X-tet
Possessing fire, grace and
edgy attitude alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev is a young virtuoso forging an
increasingly high profile musical presence. Hailing from St. Petersburg,
Russia, and graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2007, he has cut a
dynamic path between the jazz scenes of New York and London, working with some
of today’s most forward thinking creative musicians. These include Chris ‘Daddy’
Dave, 'Foley' McCreary, William Parker, Hamid Drake and Robert Mitchell, among
others.
Now with four solo albums
under his belt, Zhenya has reached a new level of artistic maturity on his
latest album Smiling Organizm,
featuring Liam Noble, Larry Grenadier, Tim Lefebvre and Eric Harland, which was
released last year.
Uranium Quartet is an
exciting new project led by alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev building on his
strong relationship with bassist Mark Lewandowski and drummer Ben Brown. Mixing
new and original tunes, rhythms and sounds, the quartet will take you on
unexpected journeys through the jazz tradition and beyond…
“As ever expect dazzling technical skills, avant-garde deconstruction of
standards, with and just a hint of chaos.” Whatson.London
“[Smiling Organizm] has all the knife-edge momentum and skilled
improvisatory abandon of its leader… chock-full of playful twists and turns,
Strigalev’s UK debut is what you might call a real cliche-free ride.”
Jazzwise
Magazine
Check out Zhenya’s website for more
information, see you all down at the Amersham from 8.30 next Tuesday!
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