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CRISS CROSS

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER

$20.21

Details

Artist
OKUN, YAKOV
Format
CD
Label
CRISS CROSS
Released
Feb 15, 2011
Catalog #
CSS1334.2
UPC
8712474133420

About

A major force in Russian jazz since the mid '90's, pianist Yakov Okun, finally places himself on the international stage with his Criss Cross debut, a trio date with world-class bass-drum team Ben Street and Billy Drummond on which he mixes challenging original material with strong arrangements and less traveled songbook repertoire and tunes by Sonny Rollins, and Fats Waller. At 38, Okun is an individualistic voice, an important player, able in his improvisations to refract an entire timeline of jazz vocabulary in a cogent, compositional manner.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Pent-Up Chaos 05:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pent-Up Chaos
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Sonny Rollins, Yakov Okun
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  2. 2 Kind Bug 08:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kind Bug
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Antonio Emmanuilovich Spadavecchia
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  3. 3 Spillikins 06:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Spillikins
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Yakov Okun
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  4. 4 Jitterbug Waltz 07:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Jitterbug Waltz
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Fats Waller
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  5. 5 Eric Dolphy's Tomb 06:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    Eric Dolphy's Tomb
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Yakov Okun
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  6. 6 Der blaue Engel: Falling in love again 05:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    Der blaue Engel: Falling in love again
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Friedrich Hollaender
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  7. 7 Plain Jane 06:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Plain Jane
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Sonny Rollins
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  8. 8 Giant Steps 05:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Giant Steps
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    John Coltrane
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond
  9. 9 Heaven 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Heaven
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Yakov Okun, Ben Street, Billy Drummond