Merrie Melodias #8 - Jazz Doo It

Uzbekistan-based DJ and boss of the experimental ТОПОТ label Eugenie Galochkin presents rare vinyl rips from the Soviet Melodia label. Melodia has released music from all around the world: from obscure Baltic electronica and free jazz from Siberia; to synth-pop from Tajikistan and academic avant-garde from Ukraine. The series will explore how national and cultural characteristics are embedded in musical language.

In this episode, we continue to explore the diversity of Soviet jazz released on the major label and monopolist Melodia.

Here we focus is mainly on its lighter genres – electro-jazz, jazz-funk, jazz-mugham, jazz-choral, folk-jazz from the Baltic States, the Lesser Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia. To this music it is really pleasant to float through the spring city – so many melodies and much relaxation in it!

However, at the end of the show the mood changes somewhat and ends with bold experiments in the field of free jazz with a glance at the academic avant-garde – it is a rain cloud on the horizon, which takes your breath away with its elegance, impetuosity and pomposity. Happy long-awaited spring!

Tracklist

Rein Rannap – Improvisatsioonid (Estonia, 1982)
Анатолий Бабий – Пешком в Рио... (Russia, 1989)
Иварс Галениекс – Водопад (Latvia, 1988)
Анатолий Герасимов – Походка Майлса (USA, 1991)
Collage – Kadrilaul (Estonia, 1974)
Джаз-Хорал Александра Киладзе – Гимн Солнцу (Georgia, 1987)
Квартет Рафика Бабаева – Песня Горцев (Azerbaijan, 1968)
Сато – Передай Добро По Кругу (Uzbekistan, 1987)
Джаз-ансамбль «Дустар» – Бал ҡорто (Russia, 1988)
Джаз-ансамбль «Аллегро» – Волжские Напевы (Russia, 1980)
Владимир Чекасин – Некое Лицо (Russia, 1987)
Antanas Rekašius – Saulės Rezginiai (Lithuania, 1980)