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In dark alleys: five new jazz albums
April is full of the intoxicating spirit of renewal. And it happens every year. And, thank God, for more than a hundred years, new jazz albums have been released at…

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Natalia Skvortsova, "Live people": "The most interesting thing in jazz is happening now!»
Known in the circles of connoisseurs of modern author's jazz group "Live people" (or Live People) is releasing the fourth Studio album of author's material. The leader of the group,…

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On the rage of the day: four new jazz albums
Jazzmen-in principle, people are not indifferent to everything in life (and to what will happen after it). Otherwise, they are not jazz musicians. That, however, does not prevent them from…

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“As if he doesn’t do anything”: about the Billy Ailish phenomenon

Why should serious adult music fans respect an eighteen-year-old American pop star? Sort out.

Not a day goes by without news of Billy Irish. Yes, it is Ailish: “who-what” – declension with a zero ending. Women’s surnames do not incline to the consonant. And Billie, this one, Ailish, is female. Just so that it doesn’t appear in the first comment — “who is this?”. Audience stereo.ru very likes to flaunt ignorance of modern pop stars.
By the way, I’m not a fan of modern hits either. For 20 years I wrote about music, everything in General, except the classics, so as soon as it became possible not to follow the current musical situation, I immediately gave up on this business — and began to listen almost exclusively to classics, jazz and some Suede. Continue reading →

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Jazz together: six bright duet albums
Jazz is an abundant genre. Lush orchestras, lengthy improvisations, dueling soloists, a meandering rhythm section, and so on. But not always the more the better. When jazzmen consciously limit themselves,…

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Romance of romance: new recordings of classical music
Let's talk about modern music. What is considered modern at all: everything that is not called "classical", or works by modern composers written according to strict academic standards, or maybe…

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A place in the sun: five albums with a non-trivial interpretation of jazz and classical music
The American Kronos Quartet — one of the most famous chamber groups-released an album with new works by Terry Riley, one of the fathers of American minimalism. Nothing special: they…

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Spring, love, dance: four new jazz albums
For some mysterious reason, Russian jazz albums come out in waves. Moreover, it is clear that domestic labels (how many of them are there — two or four?) there is…

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