Album Notes

Fusion Orchestra is a group of musicians from Sevastopol, Crimea that creates and performs music based on re-conceptualization and combination of different ethnic and contemporary styles and textures.

Cast:
Sergey Bogdan (acoustic guitar),
Eugene Popov (piano),
Pavel Voronezhsky (bass),
Denis Melnikov (drums).

Style: jazz-rock, fusion, smooth jazz, contemporary jazz.

Band History:
"Fusion Orchestra" was formed in 1998 as a jazz-rock/fusion band. At that time, it included the Sergey Bogdan (acoustic guitar), Tatyana Kudryavtseva (violin), Marina Zatsepina (cello), Elvira Kalnik (vocal), Andrey Tupysev (drums), Pavel Voronezhsky (bass), Alexey Yanikov (accordion) and Sergey Popovsky (flutes). In 2001 "Fusion Orchestra" released CD album called "Musical Novelle" and after that, its cast was completely changed to the current version.

The group took part in fests:
"Jazz-Koktebel '2007" (Koktebel, Ukraine);
"Mamakabo '2007" (Koktebel, Ukraine);
"Flyugery Lvova '2007" (Lviv, Ukraine)
"Mamakabo '2006" (Koktebel, Ukraine);
"Jazz-Koktebel '2004" (Koktebel, Ukraine);
"Jazz Autumn '2004" (Sevastopol, Ukraine);
«Yalta Jam '2000» (Yalta, Ukraine);
"The Jazz Horizons '2000" (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine).

Activity:
Creation of delicate «musical landscapes» based on composing and improvising for gigs, clubs, exhibitions and parties — that's the current speciality of Fusion Orchestra.

Releases:
"Apocrypha" (2007) (c)&(p) Fusion Orchestra. All rights reserved.
"Octagon" (2006) (c)&(p) Fusion Orchestra. All rights reserved.
"Musical Novelle" (2001) (c)&(p) Fusion Orchestra. All rights reserved.