In their program "Ah, Odessa!", Trio Scho present with charm and temperament a palette of songs and music that originate from the warm and lively atmosphere of the multi-ethnic metropolis of Odessa:
Evergreens about "Odessa Mama", Russian swing romances, impressions from the bazaar, tangos, horas, Yiddish songs through to "Sovietski Rock'n'Roll" and bossa novas in Russian style. Many of her saucy songs come from old gramophone records from the 1930s to the 1960s, which were recorded by successful singers and film orchestras at the time and are still popular and present in everyday life today. Russian jazz was also born in Odessa - where else?
Gennadij Desatnik: vocals, violin and guitarValery Khoryshman: accordion, vocalsAlexander Franz: double bass, vocals
The musicians founded Trio Scho in 1991 in the Ukrainian city of Poltava and moved to Berlin together in 1994."SCHO" ("schjo" in Ukrainian) is a slang word meaning "What should be?!" - For Trio SCHO it means "We make music, our music!"They have been working closely with Karsten Troyke since 1999. This was followed by performances with Yiddish song programs at the Klezmer Festival in Ancona, Brussels, Vienna, Paris, Oslo and Warsaw, among others, as well as participation in thedocumentary and concert film "Yiddish Soul" (ARTE). As a film band, Trio SCHO also played in the 10-part series "Im Angesicht des Verbrechens" by Dominik Graf and many more.The repertoire includes Russian songs and instrumental pieces from the Golden Twenties to the present day, as well as their own songs, swing and bossa nova.Translated with DeepL