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09 July 2015

Okean Elzy started recording their new album!

Last Tuesday, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk posted a photo on Twitter explaining that Okean Elzy was recording their new album. :)

Because it is impossible to listen to a single note of the forthcoming album, I'd like at least to share with you the beautiful picture taken by Victoria Kvitka during this studio session. Thanks again, Victoria, for your wonderful work!

Okean Elzy - Kiev - June 2015
© Victoria Kvitka

Okean Elzy - Kiev - June 2015
© Victoria Kvitka

02 July 2015

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk at the Lviv Alfa Jazz Fest 2015

For the 5th consecutive year, the Alfa Jazz Fest took place in Lviv by the end of June. Because he is a big fan of jazz music, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is used to attend to the shows of this international festival with his family...

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
© Vogue UA - 2015

Do you know that Lviv is one of the main cultural centers of Ukraine?

I'm not surprised that a jazz festival takes place every year in this beautiful city!

Svyatoslv. Vakarchuk
© JetSetter.ua - 2015

S. Vakarchuk with his parents, Svetlana & Ivan Vakarchuk
© JetSetter.ua - 2015

Svetlana & Ivan Vakarchuk
© JetSetter.ua - 2015

Some other Okean Elzy members attended to the festival: our favorite guitar & bass players were there too! :)

I had the opportunity to watch online some of the Alfa Jazz Fest concerts and I have to say that I especially liked Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter's performance: I was singing during the show, improvising on the melodies... :) That's what I love with jazz: when the music is good, everything is possible!

"Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself.

And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too.

It teaches you how to coordinate with them."

- Wynton Marsalis -

It seems that I was not the only one to enjoy this evening: Svyatoslav said on Twitter that this concert was one of the best concerts he ever attended!

Ah! Jazz...

Ill. Unkn.

I'd have a lot to say about jazz... But I prefer to sing it. Enjoy! :))

Sources:
* Alfa Jazz Fest
* Vogue Ukraine
* Okean Elzy Official Fan-Club

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