Lenny Sendersky & Moon Strings

From eastern lilt to western swing; all perfectly packaged in this remarkable album. Saxophonist Lenny Sendersky, originally from St. Petersburg, lived in Scandinavia for several years and now (since 2011) lives, composes, arranges, produces and performs in Israel. His music stems from experience, from travel, from thought, from passion, from a clearly deep-rooted wish to promote a coming together; a social, a geographical and a musical mix.

The styles on the album range from Middle Eastern folk and Klezmer to modern jazz and rock. It’s a delightful blend played with the utmost sincerity by a line up consisting of, ‘Moon Strings’ – Artur Adamyan (violin),
Andrei Rukhadze (violin),
Shamil Saidov (viola)
and Nikolai Solonovich (bass). On three tracks we are treated to the French horn player, the internationally renowned virtuoso, <a href="spotify:artist:7ESfWf25wcHrM3U8Fy9qC7" data-name="Arkady Shilkloper">Arkady Shilkloper</a> , his solo on Blues In Palace is jubilant! On other tracks, the fabulous Oshy Daban guests on vocals and maestro <a href="spotify:artist:6FYO4my0MZxbXJGuwXILWH" data-name="Ehud Ettun">Ehud Ettun</a> solos on bass.
It was released 2020 by Losen Records/Norway.Release concert was on Red Sea Jazz Festival (Eilat.Israel)

International jazz celebrities including <a href="spotify:artist:3Rsba5XTDhxUyjK4sn1wBj" data-name="Randy Brecker">Randy Brecker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:069uPv10UPCGukbtGRUkJk" data-name="Joe Locke">Joe Locke</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2idv0wdL7GAWKGzaAvQj2g" data-name="Carmen Souza">Carmen Souza</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6GBhUxU7zjbpB8LXvkMcpG" data-name="Theo Pas'cal">Theo Pas'cal</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4AOJVyiqYd7DmAv7XSFAlT" data-name="Tony Romano">Tony Romano</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:61yOD25KiawZUVncSC5D6U" data-name="Slava Ganelin">Slava Ganelin</a> have performed Lenny’s compositions. The title track Blues Mizrahi typifies the range of material on the album. Lenny’s soprano sax states the theme, bringing to mind the snake charmer and the belly dancer and makes you feel like – dancing!

David Fishel