Yuriy Galkin is an award-winning composer and contemporary jazz/improvising music bassist based in New York City metro area.
He performed at such major venues and festivals as Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Southbank Centre, Vladivostok Jazz Festival, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, London Jazz Festival, Hull Jazz Festival, Barbican Centre, The Drill Hall and many more. Yuriy's name appeared at such major publications as The Guardian, Jazzwise Magazine, Bass Guitar Magazine, Jazz Journal, Jazz Weekly, Culture Jazz France, Jazz.Ru Magazine, The Telegraph to name a few and his music was broadcasted worldwide.
Yuriy Galkin graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK where he resided from 2005 till 2012. As a bandleader, in 2012 he released his critically acclaimed debut album with a nine-piece band "Nine Of A Kind". Yuriy Galkin Nonet toured the UK the same year.
Yuriy Galkin resides permanently in New York City since 2017. His latest 2019 release "...For Its Beauty Alone" features world-renowned musicians David Binney - who also produced the album - Matt Mitchell and Rudy Royston.
There has to be a term for recordings you listen to for the sidemen, but repeat for its leader. Let's call it 'bait and swing.' A perfect example is ...For Its Beauty Alone by Yuriy Galkin. The bassist's second release pares down the nonet heard on Nine Of A Kind (F-IRE, 2012) to just four. But this quartet is quite special, with saxophonist David Binney, pianist Matt Mitchell, and drummer Rudy Royston. If assembling this all-star cast says anything, it ...
“YURIY GALKIN/…For Its Beauty Alone: An impressionistic bass ace from downtown by way of
Russia shows that Gil Evans’ school of orchestrating is something that should never go out of style-
—especially in the right hands. Tasty, sitting down jazz that strikes a chord in the mind, this is one
of those sets just right for when you want to be alone—-just you and your music. Here’s a cat to
follow that going to go the distance.” –Midwest Record
“(…For Its Beauty Alone) A sincere manifesto of a concerned musician, this album will not fail to
interest the property of contemporary jazz fans who adhere to the genre and the aesthetics it
conveys.” -Culture Jazz France
“YURIY GALKIN/…For Its Beauty Alone: An impressionistic bass ace from downtown by way of
Russia shows that Gil Evans’ school of orchestrating is something that should never go out of style-
—especially in the right hands. Tasty, sitting down jazz that strikes a chord in the mind, this is one
of those sets just right for when you want to be alone—-just you and your music. Here’s a cat to
follow that going to go the distance.” –Midwest Record
“(…For Its Beauty Alone) A sincere manifesto of a concerned musician, this album will not fail to
interest the property of contemporary jazz fans who adhere to the genre and the aesthetics it
conveys.” -Culture Jazz France
“Making a considerable splash with his startlingly fresh debut Nine of a Kind, Yuriy Galkin has made
an impact few newcomers could dream of.” -Jazzwise Magazine
“Galkin himself is a paragon of solid, supportive playing, while his extensive through-composed
charts reveal his furtive melodic/harmonic imagination on this impressive and weighty work.” -Bass
Guitar Magazine
The Vinyl Anachronist: http://thevinylanachronist.blogspot.com/2019/05/yuriy-galkins-for-its-
beauty-alone.html
Jazz Weekly Review: https://www.jazzweekly.com/2019/05/yuriy-galkin-for-its-beauty-alone/
O's Jazz Magazine:
...For Its Beauty Alone is a modern jazz-fusion recording centered on the prowess of Russian bassist
Yuriy Galkin. Galkin forms a band with Rudy Royston (d), Matt Mitchell (p) and David Binney (sax).
The interactions are rich with complexity on tunes like “Further Eruptions”. They also settle down
on passionate ballads like the title track featuring Binney. Things get a bit spacey on “Camera
Obscura” with a dose of electronics but return to a more conventional fusion groove on “Cradle
Song”.
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