Olexander Lyubchenko, Mykhaylo Krymov. Fourth Key. Live in Dnipropetrovsk. /digi-pack/

Concert jazz albums till recently were not released almost absolutely in Ukraine – and now releases of such recordings have not yet become an ordinary thing. And if you consider the instrumental composition – the 6-string guitar plus the two fingerboard bass guitar – you won't, probably, discover another such work in the whole discography of Ukrainian jazz. However, not clothes decorate a person, this is clear. Virtuosity of Olexander Lyubchenko really strikes – one can only regret that the disc does not contain a video recording. But what strikes even more is how voluminous, open to all sides of the wind his music is. It seems to have absorbed true colors from various corners of the world remaining at the same time – distinctly personal. Whichever intonation might sound there – Latin-American, Balkan, blues, etc. – all the same, a concrete personality, a certain outlook looms through the transparent curtain of quick as lightning passages. Here is the value – and it is for this reason that the album creates an integral space, calls to participation (and it works – the audience on that evening reacted very actively). I would separately note how brightly, exactly, truly "deliciously" Myhailo Krymov's play sounds. If you have only heard him in the project "Krymov Duo" – one could say that you have not heard even a half of it. And the thing is not only that Krymov Duo till now have released only studio recordings. Obviously, expression of this concert, of this space was so powerful that Myhailo opened up not only technically but also emotionally, and that was really worth it. It appeared beautiful. Briefly, one would really wish to agree with professional critics, who have already had time to refer to this album as "at least a prominent one".