International Jazz season ticket is an integral page in jazz Chronicles of Ukraine. At me in hands a concert program from October 23, 2005 year MDA: Gregory Porter (United States). The name Gregory Porter then still little-something said. Of course, it was presented as a rising star, that it was possible to perceive and as advertising hyperbole. But the impression was really terrific. For many listeners it proved first acquaintance with authentic Jazz vocals. It was the voice of the New York jazz scene.
In March 2012 Gregory Porter again appeared on the stage of the Kyiv Conservatory already souped winner of a Grammy Award for album of the year 2012, in a Word, it was the time of the outbreak of a new star. Now it shines in full force, but at a distance, since to bring Porter to Ukraine is too expensive an undertaking that under the force of the Festival with a lot of budget. But we (i.e. those who were at his concerts) managed to see (and hear) it near.
It's the only one, although perhaps the most vivid example of the discoveries that brought the MDA.
In the year 2005 there were no Festival Jazz In Kiev nor Alfa Jazz Fest. Not everyone can reach the Jazz KOKTEBEL. In a Word, the MDA was truly a window to the world of jazz from the very New York.
An enumeration of all the foreign jazz musicians, who visited the scene of the Kiev Conservatory since over the past years, it would take too much space, since it's a few dozen names. Archive a good Festival. But unlike the Festival all this impressive gallery concerts participants MDA-musical partners per person.
In the concerts of MDA at different times participated in quite a few people, but the main role belongs to his producer Arkady Ovruckomu, more precisely, "playing producer", as he is a participant of all concerts of MDA.
The DAM of the Kiev Conservatory opened his anniversary season
Arkady (or, for the sake of brevity, in the English version-ARC) Ovrutskyi is one of the few Ukrainian jazz musicians, who have managed to gain a foothold in the New York jazz scene.
For ten years, MDA has presented a whole panorama of overseas musicians: Gregory Porter is vocalists Kevin Mjehogeni, Mavis Gallant Poole, Sharon Clark, Benny Benac, Alan Harris; instrumentalists Melvin Vines, Gerald Hayes, Warren Byrd, Vilém Cfm, Jason Brown, Brandon Lewis, Wayne Jeskoffri.
New York is the Mecca of jazz. There's jazz musicians cross paths from different countries of the world, jazzy Big Apple Jazz includes many diasporas. The fate of whittling Arcadia Ovruckogo with multiple, allowing MDA introduced us to the representatives, for example, Brazilian Jazz music, such as the Duduk da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Maushu, Admet Filo Machado, as well as Israeli: Roy Assaf, Assaf Oner, Roni Ben-Hur, Shahar Jelnatan.
Finally, the MDA presented a number of interesting European jazz musicians from the Netherlands, Norway, Austria-Michiel Bortslap, Saskia Larue, Bug Vessel'toft, Dina DeRouz.
The list goes on.
During these ten years, the DAM has served as a kind of jazz bridge between overseas jazz community and the jazz world of Ukraine in the sense that it became a permanent platform for professional communication and partnership of foreign and Ukrainian musicians.
