Third studio album by the Ukrainian jazz trio. A conceptual suite of 3 mood modules. Release 14 June 2026 on Mukha Records label.
Pokaz Trio presents the third studio album 'Three Modes' on 14 June 2026 on the Ukrainian jazz label Mukha Records. This is a 9-track conceptual album (total duration 58 minutes) structured as a three-part modal jazz suite (3 tracks in each 'mode'): I. Mode 'Dorian: Day' — modal major-minor with optimistic shade; II. Mode 'Phrygian: Night' — minor solo-inspired part; III. Mode 'Mixolydian: Dawn' — synthesis of the previous two. Track structure — in classical jazz form head→solos→head: Mode I: 1) 'Morning Walk' (8:18 — ranging melodic motifs); 2) 'Coffee in Podil' (7:30 — swing-feel); 3) 'Khreshchatyk Bus' (6:45 — funk-jazz). Mode II: 4) 'Sunset Cafe' (10:12 — longest track, ballad); 5) 'Andriivskyi Stairs' (8:30 — modal exploration); 6) 'Night Bell' (7:18 — meditative). Mode III: 7) 'First Birds' (5:30 — light, optimistic); 8) 'Sunrise Reflection' (7:45 — mood transition); 9) 'Three Modes Together' (6:54 — finale, synthesis). Recording took place at Studio MUSCOLO in Kyiv (September-November 2025) in live-recording format (no overdubs, all 3 performers played together in live contact). Trio members: Anatoliy Holichenko (piano, 35 years old, artistic director), Mykola Shevchuk (double bass, 41 years old), Tymofiy Buk (drums, 28 years old, youngest member). Presentation concert runs at Kyiv Caribbean Club on 16 June 2026 in intimate-jazz-evening format.
