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07.12.07
One of the most bright events of 2007, VII Jazz Bez '2007, which has been held on December 2 through 9 in 4 cities in Ukraine and 2 cities in Poland, is far behind. However our impressions, new acquaintance, lessons and the experience gained have stayed with us.
The festival has united 43 gigs, 116 musicians and the audience of 11000. Participants from the USA, Germany, Denmark, France, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine took part in the event, including such jazz legends as Lee Konitz, Petras Vysniauskas, Robertha Piket, Julian Thomas, Nikolay Trzaska, Karol Shimanovski, Piotr Baron, Jazek Kochan, Klaus Kugel etc.
We played in Lvov (Ukraine), Przemyszl (Poland), Sanok (Poland) and Ternopol (Ukraine). Every city was excellent in its own way, but the common thing was sincere attention and warm audience. Lvov has pleased by its philarmonic hall and the new ethno-jazz club "Lyalka". In Przemyszl and Sanok we were jamming with outstanding musicians from Monorail Quartet (Poland-USA). In Ternopol we have been accorded a hearty welcome by owercrowded hall of the local dramatic theatre. After that we were invited to dinner and jam with the local musicians, which have pleased us by their masterly performance and enthusiasm.
Sympathy of the audience has promoted us to the top 10 performance of the festival.
Some Jazz Bez '2007 photo you can check here >>

01.11.07
Some photos from very unusual Fusion Orchestra's open air gig called "Gurzuf Seasons" are placed here >>

24.10.07
CD "Apocrypha" is available now at the CDBaby with the following original annotation:
"Firmness and masculinity of the rhythm combined with tenderness and sensory sounding of the keys. In this music we can trace some philosophy, some clearness, some balance between any extreme points and exotic features…"

23.10.07
Photo gallery has refreshed by the new photos from Fusion Orchestra's gigs at the following fests:
Jazz-Koktebel 2007
Mamakabo 2007, Koktebel

10.10.07
Several videos from Fusion Orchestra's gig at the «Mamakabo-2007» fest, Koktebel, Crimea, are available on YouTube:
"5/4 Now"
"Jadido"
"Nameless Waltz"

23.08.07
Fusion Orchestra (c) & (p) 2007 CD album "Apocrypha" has released and now is available for purchase.

05.05.07
Fusion Orchestra have returned from the 5th ethno-jazz festival "Flyugery Lvova" (Lviv, Ukraine). In spite of the hard financial situation caused by recent political events in Ukraine the festival organization was excellent. To our surprise the audience met us very warmly and demonstrated a real interest in our performance. There were quite a few meetings with artistic people of the city, and we also were invited to participate in a "Jazz Bez" concert series touring Ukraine and Poland in December 2007.

04.03.07
On 15 April (Sunday) at 7 p.m. Fusion Orchestra will give a performance in the Sevastopol House of the Navy Officers. It is going to be a 2 part concert, 45 min each. Ticket prices are from UAH 20 to 50. Before the show and during the break it will be possible to buy the CD "Octagon" at a special price of UAH 30. We'll be happy to see you all - friends and friends-to-be!
And don't forget your wallets! ;)

30.03.07
We've got a message from the "Jazz-Koktebel" administration that they are interested in our participation in this year festival. The required demo-pack will be sent to them next week.

30.03.07
We've made another attempt to renew our account on MySpace.com, this time with a slightly changed name S.F.O. (Sevastopol Fusion Orchestra). This was done just to check if the recent deletions were caused by coexisting of a memorial page of another group with the same name. That group existed in UK before 1973 and they had registered on MySpace just days after our original registration. So be quick to see us...

29.03.07
We tried and renew our account on MySpace.com but in 3 hours after upload our page was deleted again without any explanations from the site administration.

24.03.07
Fusion Orchestra have started recording a new album to be released by the end of the summer 2007. Traditionally all recording, mixing and premastering will be done in Fusion Studio by ourselves. Check the News later to get fresh info about this project.

23.03.07
We've got confirmation from the "Lvov's Wind Vane" fest organizers regarding Fusion Orchestra participation in this event on 29 April 2007. We'll be honored to share the stage with Arkady Shilkloper and "The Chamber Orchestra Leopolis".

17.03.07
RadioIndy.com has reviewed Fusion Orchestra CD "Octagon". Read this review>>

16.03.07
Tonight our profile on MySpace.com was deleted without our authorization or any notification. Our continuous attempts to get an explanation from MySpace technical support were unsuccessful :(. We are absolutely sure that we have never violated MySpace Terms & Conditions. If you had a similar problem and know a way it could be fixed, please contact us through v-p-o@yandex.ru.

06.03.07
ProGGnosis.com has reviewed Fusion Orchestra CD "Octagon". Read this review>>

RuTube has uploaded a video-clip about Fusion Orchestra's gig at the "Mamakabo-2006" jazz fest, Koktebel, Crimea in September, 2006. This video includes several "passages" from band's popular pieces and exclusive interview with Enver Izmailov and Sergey Bogdan (Fusion Orchestra) - sorry, but both interviews are in Russian.