Andrew Krasilnikov’s “Bloody Belly Comb Jelly“ to be released on September 29 via Rainy Days Records

Andrew Krasilnikov is a standout saxophonist, composer, and arranger with performance credits across two continents. Having played and recorded alongside legends of the US jazz scene such as Dave Liebman, Billy Cobham, Terry Lynne Carrington, and Jon Faddis, as well as Russian icons German Lukyanov and Alex Rostockiy, Krasilnikov took his wealth of experience and pushed it forward, pioneering his own ensembles and developing his own style as a bandleader. Krasilnikov’s upcoming album, Bloody Belly Comb Jelly stands as a testament to his time working alongside the greats as he tastefully blends emotive melody with powerful large ensemble arrangements that utilize instruments outside the typical big band idiom to accentuate his core quartet’s reflective playing. Bloody Belly Comb Jelly will be released on September 29 via Rainy Days Records. Andrew Krasilnikov – Bloody Belly Comb Jelly 1. Nekotorost’ (A. Krasilnikov) 2. Bloody Belly Comb Jelly (A. Krasilnikov) 3. Ariadna’s Thread (A. Krasilnikov) 4. Ricochet (A. Krasilnikov dedicated to German Lukyanov) 5. Odnako (A. Bekker) 6. Buratino (A. Bekker) 7. Svet-Besprosvet (A. Krasilnikov) Andrew Krasilnikov – soprano and c-melody saxophones Alexey Bekker – piano and Rhodes Nikolay Zatolochny – upright bass Mikhail Fotchenkov – drums Ilya Dvoretsky – flute (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread), piccolo flute (Buratino), flute and alto flute (Nekotorost’) Anton Zaletaev – flute (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread) Roman Sokolov – alto flute (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread) Oleg Grymov – clarinet (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread) Aleksandr Yazykov – clarinet (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread) Sergey Nankin – bass clarinet (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Ariadna’s Thread), clarinet and bass clarinet (Nekotorost’) Sergey Ponomarev – flugelhorn, trumpet (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet) Salman Abuev – flugelhorn (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Nekotorost’) Sergey Gimazetdinov – trombone (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet) Anton Gimazetdinov – tuba (Bloody Belly Comb Jelly, Svet-Besprosvet, Buratino), bass trombone (Nekotorost’) Lev Slepner – marimba (Svet-Besprosvet) Recorded at the CineLab studio, Moscow by Aleksander Perfilyev Assisted by Igor Bardashev & Dimitri Peretz Mixed and mastered by Alexander Perfilyev Produced by Andrew Krasilnikov & Eugene Petrushanskiy Executive producer - Eeugene Petrushanskiy Cover artwork by Alexey Ivanovsky Album cover and package design by Nikita Klimov Liner photography by Vladimir Kurashev Video by Yuri Chichkov