Oleg Kireyev and Ethno Jazz Band "orlan" at Symphony Space

“Revolutionary Russian reedman…” - Evening Mail, GBR

"A Russian sax player with a reputation for hard swing and high excitement..." The Express Star, GBR

“…The saxophonist employs his broad and brazen tone as an authoritative voice that floats in the wind. His is a mesmerizing, sensuous voice — sometimes throaty like Coleman Hawkins, and at other times husky, seductive and hypnotic as big Ben Webster." - All About Jazz

"Oleg's playing is a marvelous combination of styles, incorporating a whole lot of players. I hear echoes of the 1920’s and John Coltrane combined with unstructured jazz." - Bud Shank, musician...

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“Revolutionary Russian reedman…” - Evening Mail, GBR

"A Russian sax player with a reputation for hard swing and high excitement..." The Express Star, GBR

“…The saxophonist employs his broad and brazen tone as an authoritative voice that floats in the wind. His is a mesmerizing, sensuous voice — sometimes throaty like Coleman Hawkins, and at other times husky, seductive and hypnotic as big Ben Webster." - All About Jazz

"Oleg's playing is a marvelous combination of styles, incorporating a whole lot of players. I hear echoes of the 1920’s and John Coltrane combined with unstructured jazz." - Bud Shank, musician

"Kireyev breaks down genre borders...Adventurous and intriguing.”- Paul Freeman, Palo Alto Daily News

"What’s cool (to me, at least) about the result is how unabashed the band is in swinging genuinely hard on chestnut exotica like Puerto Rican-born Ellington trombonist Juan Tizol‘s “Caravan,” which Kireyev turned to as an encore, and seems born to blow, dervish-like.” - Howard Mandel, JJA

As the contemporary music scene expands in multi-culturalism, artists like Russian tenor saxophonist-bandleader-conceptualist OLEG KIREYEV grow ever more expansive in their cross-cultural expressions. Oleg’s current project Orlan – which is being presented for the first time outside of his Russian homeland - is the latest illustration of the unique depth and reach of an artist who is eternally inquisitive in his creative perspectives. Kireyev is one artist who is always striving to break down the artificial boundaries man has erected between diverse cultures.

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