On February 4, the band MOVA and Zinovii Karach will present the winter program “Ukrainian Jazz of the 1960s” at Pepper’s.
This concert invites listeners to step into the Ukrainian musical 1960s — a period when, after the ban on jazz was lifted, Ukrainian musicians began actively creating jazz arrangements of folk songs and composing original works in this style. It was then that jazz and its related styles — swing, twist, and bossa nova — became a leading musical language of the Ukrainian scene.
Three reasons to attend the concert:
— the program features Ukrainian musical retro — songs from the golden fund of Ukrainian pop music of the 1960s;
— music of the era’s vocal and instrumental ensembles, including Vatra, Arnika, Veseli Skrypky, and Medikus, in which jazz defined the style and sound;
— a combination of jazz works of the 1960s and winter songs that shaped the festive atmosphere for several generations.
On stage:
Olha Stetsenko — vocals, guitar
Marian Karpinskyi — bass guitar
Ivan Korop — guitar
Andrii Yuskevych — drums
Zinovii Karach — vocals
Also featuring:
Yevhenii Dubovyk — keyboards
Ihor Boichuk — trumpet
Nazar Vachevskyi — saxophone
The winter program “Ukrainian Jazz of the 1960s” at Pepper’s is an opportunity to discover new musical horizons of the past and to hear Ukrainian pop classics performed live.