Ugetsu consists of six musicians of international origin operating from Germany. German bandleader bass player Martin Zenker was inspired by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers album Ugetsu (Japanese for fantasy). Ten original compositions will be played together with the Russian trumpet player Valery Ponomarev, who has played with the Jazz Messengers and the American tenor saxophonist Tim Armacost. They
… have now left Art Blakey far behind, but still play in his tradition, which boils down to straight-up hard-bop jazz. (RM) _more
