Yelena Eckemoff Romance of the Moon 2024 - L & H Production: cd806151-37 https://www.landhproduction.com/catalog.html https://www.yelenamusic.com/album/romance-of-the-moon/ https://yelenaeckemoff.bandcamp.com/album/romance-of-the-moon * Paolo Fresu : trumpet, flugelhorn (1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13) * Yelena Eckemoff : piano, keyboards * Riccardo Bertuzzi: electric guitar (3, 6, 9, 12) * Luca Bulgarelli : double bass * Stefano Bagnoli : drums https://www.paolofresu.it/ https://www.yelenamusic.com/ https://www.discogs.com/artist/8849959-Riccardo-Bertuzzi https://www.allmusic.com/artist/luca-bulgarelli-mn0001952866 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stefano-bagnoli-mn0000012716 Recorded by Carlo Cantini at Digutube Studios, Mantova, Italy, on June 19, 2023. Reviews ~~~~~~~ By Michael Tucker https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/14/yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon/ Each release by the Russian-born, American-domiciled Eckemoff is not a matter of music alone (marvellous as that music mostly is) but rather an invitation into a multi-dimensional world of painting and poetry, mythos and magic, all fashioned by Eckemoff in one way or another. [...] As usual, Eckemoff has changed the personnel which appeared on her previous release Lonely Man And His Fish. Trumpeter Paolo Fresu is perfect for Eckemoff’s poetics. Sample his sound and phrasing on Thirsty For New Songs, one of the most reflective yet also, eventually, “up” pieces here. His distilled yet airy and spacious musings and meditations flow across the beautifully unfolding textures and rhythms supplied by Eckemoff and the excellent Bulgarelli (b) and Bagnoli (d). [...] -- By Doug Collette https://www.allaboutjazz.com/romance-of-the-moon-yelena-eckemoff-l-and-h-production By Carol Banks Weber https://carolbankswebercoggie.substack.com/p/you-had-me-at-poetry By Jim Hynes https://www.makingascene.org/yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon/ By Ed Enright https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/romance-of-the-moon Cezary Gumiński (pl) https://audio.com.pl/muzyka/recenzje/jazz/30798-yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon Peter Dobšinský (sk) https://www.skjazz.sk/news/showNew/cd-yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon Christoph Giese (de) https://www.jazzthing.de/review/yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon/ Por Alrededor de medianoche (es) https://www.aldemedianoche.com.ar/yelena-eckemoff-romance-of-the-moon/