Experimental jazz album with 5 trumpeters simultaneously — Adu invited 4 international guests to record. Release 22 May 2026.
Adu Quintet — Ukrainian jazz ensemble under the leadership of trumpeter Dennis Adu — releases the new experimental album 'Five Trumpets, One Story' on 22 May 2026 on the Mukha Records label. Album feature: 5 trumpeters simultaneously on 8 of 10 tracks. Adu invited 4 international guests for the recording: Terence Blanchard (USA, Grammy laureate), Enrico Rava (Italy, European jazz legend), Markus Stockhausen (Germany, ECM resident), Keyon Harrold (USA, young headliner). Conceptually the album explores the theme of '5 voices telling 1 story' — each of 5 trumpeters presents their own interpretation of a common theme (written by Adu), overlapping in polyphony. Track structure: I. 'Kyiv: Morning' (5 trumpets in overtone on 'Chornobryvtsi'); II. 'Kyiv: Train Station' (5 trumpets in funk form); ... VIII. 'Kyiv: Night'. 2 of 10 tracks are Adu solos without guests. Recording took place at Berlin Funkhaus in January-February 2026, where all 5 trumpeters met physically — that was seven days of intense sessions. Sound engineer — Jörg Silvestri (Funkhaus). Presentation concert — at Kyiv Caribbean Club on 24 May 2026 (without Blanchard and Rava, replaced by Ukrainian trumpeters Volodymyr Honchar and Yevhen Maslov). The album is available in formats: digital streaming, CD digipack with 32-page booklet, 180g vinyl (limited 600 copies).
