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After an appreciable debut as a bandleader in 2009, Ivan Farmakovsky continued with his second recording featuring Donald Edwards of Mingus Dinasty on drums and two distinguished Russian jazzmen Anton Revnyuk on bass and Dmitry Mospan on saxophone. Consisting of original songs written by Farmakovsky and Mospan and Farmakovsky's arrangements of Russian folk and Soviet songs, The Way Home album was considered to become a wonderful example of sensitive teamwork and interesting approach to mainstream jazz.
Also happening in 2010, Ivan Farmakovsky implemented his long-standing dream and recorded a trio album with participation of two outstanding American jazz musicians, Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Christian McBride (bass). The recording (which was also held in New York) was based on Ivan's originals and arrangements of Soviet music, setting a unique combination of melodic richness of Russian music and the true spirit of American jazz played by it's greatest representatives.
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Ivan Farmakovsky: Next To The Shadow
by Bruce Lindsay
According to his sleeve notes for Next To The Shadow, Russian pianist Ivan Farmakovsky has a passion for football and from the quality of the tunes on the album, his passion for jazz is also abundantly clear. This is Farmakovsky's first album as a leader and while the music breaks no new ground, it is played with such enthusiasm and ability that it is impossible not to share this passion. The tunes on this album, all written ...
read moreTake Five With Ivan Farmakovsky
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ivan Farmakovsky: My name is Ivan... Farmakovsky Ivan. I was fortunate to become part of a creative family: my father was a pianist and a choir conductor, my mom is an actress. I inherited the right passion, and at the age of 5 I was sent to special children's music school under the studio of recreation center Moskvorechie." As a matter of fact, at that time this institution was practically the only school in our country, where jazz was ...
read moreIvan Farmakovsky: Raising the Bar
by Cyril Moshkow
Crisis or no crisis, the 2008-2009 jazz concert season in Russia was far from being eventless. New fruitful collaborations were unveiled, new record labels were launched, old festivals have convincingly confirmed that they were well alive and kicking, and many good Russian jazz albums have hit the stores. Those albums revealed a new trend, that of many exciting Russian-American joint ventures in jazz this year. Of those intercontinental collaborations, pianist Ivan Farmakovsky's debut as a leader, Next To The Shadow ...
read moreRussian Pianist Ivan Farmakovsky Interviewed at AAJ
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Michael Ricci
Crisis or no crisis, the 2008-2009 jazz concert season in Russia was far from being eventless. New fruitful collaborations were unveiled, new record labels were launched, old festivals have convincingly confirmed that they were well alive and kicking, and many good Russian jazz albums have hit the stores. Those albums revealed a new trend, that of many exciting Russian-American joint ventures in jazz this year. Of those intercontinental collaborations, pianist Ivan Farmakovsky's debut as a leader, Next To The Shadow ...
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