Rainy Days Records Launches Hot Culture Series, Announces Digital Album Out February 26, 2021 When the age of coronavirus commenced last March, Eugene Petrushanskiy, the Director of the Rainy Days Records jazz music label in St. Petersburg, Russia, turned to YouTube to showcase the live performances of his artists in collaboration with Hot Culture. As … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Drummer and leader Sasha Mashin mixes and matches his trio of bassist Makar Novikov and pianist Benito Gonzalez with a rotating horn section of Josh Evans/tp, Rosario Giuliani/as and Dmitry Mospan/ts on a collection of advanced post bop originals. Read this full review here.
By Damian Wilkes, UK VIBE ‘Happy Synapse’ is the sophomore album from St. Petersburg native and drummer Sasha Mashin, but here with a different group to his bandleader debut ‘Outsidethebox’ (2018), which was also released on Russian based Rainy Days Records. Read the full review here.
By Morton Shlabotnik, Shepherd Express When an album opens with a drum solo, you can bet the band leaders is sitting behind the kit, a wide grin covering his face. Read this full review here.
By Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz Whoa! Russian born drummer Sasha Mashinkicks off his high-flying second disc with the crackling, manically modal, high-powered, retro-Impulse! speed-buzz of “The Hidden Voice,” written by fevered alto-saxophonist Rosario Giuliani, and Happy Synapse barely lets up from there. Read the full review here.
Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest Are you still mourning the passing of pianist McCoy Tyner? Do you miss the sound the pianist’s 1970 albums for both Blue Note and Fantasy? May I draw your attention to “Happy Synapse“, the second album on Rainy Day Records by drummer Sasha Mashin. Mashin, a resident of Moscow, Russia, gathered … Read More
Saint Petersburg Music Label Rainy Days Records Strives to Showcase Russian Jazz Musicians to the United States and Beyond XJAZZ Online Speical – Rainy Days Records (Featuring Sasha Mashin, Makar Kashitsyn, Makar Novikov) Hot Culture in the City: Makar Novikov Trio (Live @ Smena) Rainy Days Records is a Saint Petersburg-based record label that … Read More
Por José Ramón. La Habitación del Jazz Sasha Mashin, es un baterista y director de orquesta nacido en 1976 en San Petersburgo, Rusia. A los dos meses de comenzar sus estudios en la Escuela de Música Musorgsky, decidió comenzar su carrera profesional como artista y abandonar la escuela. Lea esta reseña aquí.
By Dave Summer, Bandcamp These intros are meant to be nothing more than my way of politely holding the door open, and guiding listeners inside to the music. Sometimes, I make mention of a trend or commonality shared by the recommendations. Sometimes, I provide a reminder of the essential nature of music in our lives. … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs’s Blog Can music be employed to control human moods? According to Science Daily, yes it can. In 2011, the University of Groningen completed a study that proved music can affect your mood and listening to particularly happy or melancholy music can often change the way we perceive the world. … Read More
