Jazz trumpeter Ilya Serov swinging his way through summer in the studio
Award winner will make the live performance premiere of “Swing 42” with Grammy-winning pianist Roger Kellaway on Tuesday night.
LAGUNA BEACH (1 August 2017): Jazz trumpeter Ilya Serov
has been cooped up in the recording studio all summer working on his
second album, but Tuesday night in Laguna Beach, he’s going to take a
break to make the live performance debut of the first single, “Swing
42,” featuring the dapper swingman dueting with Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated pianist Roger Kellaway. Accompanied by his 10-piece big band, Serov will be joined by Kellaway on stage at the Pageant of the Masters 2017.
Brandishing a fresh whimsical arrangement by Tom Kubis, Serov’s snappy muted trumpet reading of Django Reinhardt’s
“Swing 42” is a frisky and fun summer frolic bolstered by Kellaway’s
fanciful piano flourishes and a four-chair horn section.
“‘Swing
42’ is one of my favorite of Django’s tunes. It has such positive
energy. I really like the music of that era and I had been compelled to
do a rendition of this tune for a while. I am glad we finally did it.
It was so much fun and of course it was such an honor and a pleasure to
work with an award-winning legend, pianist Roger Kellaway, who is a
featured guest on the track. His brilliant play brought so much to the
sound,” said Serov, a classically-trained musician from St. Petersburg,
Russia who resides in Los Angeles.
At Tuesday evening’s performance, Kellaway will introduce Serov as part of the Rising Stars
series in which “world-famous musicians and music aficionados introduce
their favorite up and coming performers.” The two musicians first
formed a bond after meeting a few years ago, which led to the
collaboration for Serov’s sophomore outing.
“I
was fortunate to have met Roger several years ago and was featured on a
couple of songs during one of his shows. It was an unbelievable
experience for me and very encouraging. We stayed in touch and I am
proud to call Roger and his lovely wife, Jorjana, my friends. I
feel blessed to have been able to work with him and honored to have him
play on my album,” said Serov, who also teamed with Kellaway to lense a
video for “Swing 42” (http://bit.ly/2v7F2XB).
Last month, Serov appeared on SiriusXM’s The Dave Koz Lounge to talk about “Swing 42” as well as the album in progress, which will consist of standards and tunes from the Great American Songbook. Serov is producing.
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