LEONID VINTSKEVICH – Under a Different Sky
Slam Records SLAMCD570
Leonid Vintskevich, piano; Steve Kershaw, double bass; Nickolai Vintskevich, saxophone.
Recorded 15th August 2015, in Derby, England
Russian pianist Leonid Vintskevich strikes his piano with a certain volatile bravura and audacity, his passion and brazen attitude echoing his dazzling ingenuity and technique. His music is evocative of that of some of his favourites, Berg, Messiaen, and Scriabin. This uncluttered and pugnacious style needs a strong and stable underpinning, provided here by Steve Kershaw on double bass, who already has some standing with the Vintskevich father and son duo. Saxophonist Nikolai is as free as his parent and his attack on his instrument is similarly belligerent. While Kershaw’s structure is solid, it is also flexible within and this leaves space for the other two to breathe.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
Slam Records SLAMCD570
Leonid Vintskevich, piano; Steve Kershaw, double bass; Nickolai Vintskevich, saxophone.
Recorded 15th August 2015, in Derby, England
Russian pianist Leonid Vintskevich strikes his piano with a certain volatile bravura and audacity, his passion and brazen attitude echoing his dazzling ingenuity and technique. His music is evocative of that of some of his favourites, Berg, Messiaen, and Scriabin. This uncluttered and pugnacious style needs a strong and stable underpinning, provided here by Steve Kershaw on double bass, who already has some standing with the Vintskevich father and son duo. Saxophonist Nikolai is as free as his parent and his attack on his instrument is similarly belligerent. While Kershaw’s structure is solid, it is also flexible within and this leaves space for the other two to breathe.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
