Masha Stepina Trio

Masha Stepina - piano Wim Essed - double bass Hans van Oosterhout - drums MY Debut CD "The Place we're longing for " has released in January 2010! "It may be therefore no big surprise that on this first recording under her own name all the material came from Masha's pen.When listening to her compositions one will experience a wealth of musical legacy as well as glimpses of things yet to come. Besides the obvious jazz and pop connections there is a clear classic... Meer »

Masha Stepina - piano Wim Essed - double bass Hans van Oosterhout - drums MY Debut CD "The Place we're longing for " has released in January 2010! "It may be therefore no big surprise that on this first recording under her own name all the material came from Masha's pen.When listening to her compositions one will experience a wealth of musical legacy as well as glimpses of things yet to come. Besides the obvious jazz and pop connections there is a clear classic heritage;one can detect influences from Bach to the great late-romantic Russian composers like Skriabin and Rachmaninov.Just as well one could point at the unusual structures and sometimes special,but clear forms of the pieces;the impressionistic and expressionistic ways of musical developement and improvisations, or the multi-layered and counterpointed way of interpretation. Double bassist Wim Essed and drummer Hans van Oosterhout are both seasoned performers and educators;after all ,Masha met them at the Rotterdam Conservatory,where they have been working for many years.They bring along a great deal of empathy and imaginatory playing,which adds to the atmospheric peculiarity of the music,but respecting the intrinsic flavour of the compositions. Anyhow,the music has quite a bit of describing and colourful aspects to it and as such sometimes feels like the soundtrack for an until now unmade movie. A movie that would clearly need some wide landscapeshots and longing or dramatic scenes to fit to the music of Masha Stepina ..." Written by Wim Essed « Minder