Absolutely Great! Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 [7CD]

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Late autumn 2008 we are releasing a 7-CD set of historic proportions. If our European and American customers take this statement with a pinch of salt it is definitely a historic release for the Russian music fans where Sergey Kuryokhin has become a cult personality.

Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. First two nights he played at Noe Valley Ministry in San Francisco and the third night at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. Every night he payed two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians. On the first night he was joined by the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, on the second night he played with Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and on the third night in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - it is a duo recording with Henry Kaiser which they recorded while Sergey was in California. Some 20 years ago this disc was released by RYKO disc and was unavailable for a long time.

All three nights were presented and recorded by the musician, artist and broadcaster Ben Lindgren who later broadcast all these recording at KPFA FM 94.1. Twenty years later the tapes were discovered by Ella Lindgren, Ben's widow. She contacted some musicians who took part in those performances and their unanimous desire was to release the tapes. I am very proud and privileged to be asked to release the recordings. The sound engineer, Harry Fultcher, who is a musician himself, performed his magic in cleaning, editing and mastering the tapes. I am very happy to present music lovers with state of the art recordings. The set is accompanied by a comprehensive booklet with many colour photos taken by Ella Lindgren.

This 7-CD set is being released as a limited edition of 500 copies. This makes it an instant collector's item because half of the edition will be shipped to Russia to Nastya Kuryokhina, Sergey's widow, who runs SKIF - Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival - in St. Petersburg.