Early Season
by Pavel Skornyakov Quartet
© 2018 nagel heyer records
Musicians:
Pavel Skornyakov, alto saxophone;
Paul Kirby, piano;
Martin Zenker, double bass;
Alexander Zinger, drums
Tracks: Early Season; Blues Mood; Short Movies; Circling; Breeze; Hard Work; Monk in Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam; Walk
Pavel’s debut album “Early Season” was released in June 2018 on the German jazz label nagel heyer records. It features Pavel’s original compositions performed by an international band with members German bass player Martin Zenker, British piano player Paul Kirby and Russian drummer Alexander Zinger.
Skornyakov, 31, assembled eight original compositions here, all of which he wrote between the ages of 19 and 25. And while his quartet plays a form of bright, energetic post-bop that doesn’t feel all that stylistically risky, it’s sturdy and self-assured nonetheless. On the faster numbers, Skornyakov brings each of his solos to a satisfying peak, wailing away with gutbucket intensity. But he’s at his best on the album’s only ballad, “Breeze,” a wistful composition displaying the full dimension of the bandleader’s sound.
DownBeat magazine, review by Matthew Kassel. Full version
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Time
by Sergey Hutas
© 2018 Hutas music
Musicians: Segrey Hutas, double bass; Alex Sipiagin, trumpet; Evgeny Borets, piano; Alexey Ivannikov, piano; Pavel Skornyakov, sax; Maxim Shibin, guitar; Sasha Mashin, drums; Andrey Makarevich, voice; Diana Polenova, vocals
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Planes
by Live People Ensemble
© 2015 Fancy music
Musicians: Pavel Skornyakov, alto and soprano saxophone; Yuriy Sevastyanov, tenor saxophone; Natalia Skvortsova, piano; Philipp Mescheryakov, double bass; Alexander Zinger, drums
Track (7) All Day composed by Pavel Skornyakov
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