Andrey Makarevich and "Creole Tango Orchestra" - "Songs of Bulat Okudzhava"

Every great man has the right to their madness. Including Makarevich. Who can deny it - if Andrei V. sing songs of Bulat Okudzhava given jazz arrangements occur? Entries tagged with "Creole Tango Orchestra" usually are the leaders 'Time Machine' a practical character. If Makarevich feel tired hack rock, and he as a cultural not a poor man, a Moscow bohemia, which is actually wants, he calls jazz musician and began to sing jazz for the rich. Can be understood in human terms. Makarevich but probably should all understand the relative value of this music in public. But as an intelligent man, Makarevich, the scope of the public and is not intended. The new record is. Golden songs of Okudzhava, plus a few lesser known songs of a philosophical nature Makarevich sings gently, take away their own "shrill" sound, almost a whisper. It is quite understandable that. In such files in the foreground text Bulat Wise sad smile Okudzhava near Makarevich, and he tries to text a verbal direction to increase the creativity of the great bard like a magnifying glass. A traditional guitar accompaniment, but are reduced to zero. Makarevich is faithful and honest: "The younger generation do not know Okudzhava, ideally, they are convinced that it is a bad player because his poems are outdated and run out another 100 years, and the musical form was abandoned in the last century.. Okudzhava - not the bard, who many regard him as a great poet, who sometimes sang the verse "That is true is another matter, as the Jazz -... Is suitable form for such poetry, the young generation of jazz often exactly the same detached attitude as always frustrated guitar Okudzhava. It's a track on the album, which is separate mention. Because it does not fit into any of the above reasoning. Legendary "The Prayer" is sung, as of yet heard from anyone. Under the shrill vocalization "Acapella Express" Makarevich sings easy and simple. Probably this is the best reading "Give you all a little bit, and do not forget about me" today. Without unnecessary fear and hysteria, Makarevich version sounds timeless and in the best sense of the Barden. summarize, we must admit that their main goal is not, the record was reached. Archaic also leads in the life of Bulat Okudzhava arrangement to no interest familiar to a generation with poetry Okudzhava. However earn sensitivity and careful reading of the text of the great poet large Respect. Vadim Ponomarev, NEWSmusic.ru "Sintez Records". The album release was in November 2005