Long Journey Makar Novikov

• 1 Emergency Exit 07:01
• 2 Desert Island 06:56
• 3 Jazzmashin 08:19
• 4 Long Journey 05:24
• 5 Free Fall 07:33
• 6 Tears Of Joy 07:59
• 7 Home Party 08:17
• 8 Birthday Cake 06:07
• Total Runtime 57:36

Info for Long Journey

„Long Journey“ is a beautiful nugget of modern European jazz. Multicultural band, a bustling mix of passion, stellar musicianship, and high skills. A debut for Berlin-based Makar Novikov – one of the best-known Russian jazz double bassists, an experienced accompanist and virtuoso soloist. Rooted in energetic grooves and original melodies – Makar’s music strives to bring people together, offering open-minded, danceable modern Jazz.This is music for travelers – for those who move not only through places,but through emotions, experiences, and time.

Makar Novikov is one of the best known Russian jazz double bassists. An experienced accompanist and virtuoso soloist, he has performed with artists like Jimmy Cobb, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath and James Spaulding.

He is a graduate of the acknowledged Gnesins’ Russian Academy of Music.

After his move to Italy in 2022, he started to work extensively with Italian musicians like Rosario Giuliani or Maurizio Giammarco, and to teach jazz bass at the Siena Jazz University.

Today, he regularly appears as a member of Alex Sipiagin’s and Antonio Faraò’s projects as well as with the Olivia Trummer Trio and the Isfar Sarabski Trio, touring worldwide.

His upcoming release "Long Journey" features Olivia Trummer, Alex Sipiagin, Gianni Gagliardi and Donald Edwards, and is about to be released on Rainy Days Records in November 2025.

Rooted in energetic grooves and original melodies, Makar’s music strives to bring people together, offering open-minded, danceable modern Jazz.

Makar Novikov, double bass
Olivia Trummer, piano, Rhodes, vocals
Alex Sipiagin, trumpet, flugelhorn
Gianni Gagliardi, tenor saxophone
Donald Edwards, drums

Recorded at Art Music Studio Recordings, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
February 9, 2024 // Recording Engineer – Diego Piotto
Mixed and mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Studios, New York City
Produced by Makar Novikov
Executive producer Eugene Petrushanskiy

Makar Novikov
is an experienced accompanist and virtuoso soloist who has performed with artists like Jimmy Cobb, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath and James Spaulding.

Born in Moscow, he started to play double bass in 2001 and quickly became one of the most sought-after jazz bassists on the scene. In 2005, he participated in the “Open World Program” of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, allowing him to deepen his musical studies at The New School in New York City in 2005, and graduated from the acknowledged Gnesins’ Russian Academy of Music in Moscow in 2009. Apart from playing with acknowledged Russian jazz musicians (Yakov Okun, Ivan Farmakovskiy, Sasha Mashin, Zhenya Strigalev), Makar Novikov was also regularly touring abroad with international groups, performing at venues and festivals like the Montreux Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s in London, Duc des Lombards in Paris, Apollo Jazz Theater and Smalls Jazz Club in New York.

For political reasons, Makar Novikov decided to emigrate to Europe in February 2022. He moved to Italy and started to perform extensively with Italian musicians (Rosario Giuliani, Antonio Faraò, Maurizio Giammarco) and to work as a Jazz Bass and Ensemble teacher for Master students at the Siena Jazz University in 2023.

Makar Novikov moved to Germany in 2024 and is currently based in Berlin. He regularly appears as a band member of projects of Alex Sipiagin, Isfar Sarabski, Carl Winther and Olivia Trummer, performing internationally. Moreover, he is active as a bandleader of an international quintet and preparing the release of his second album “Long Journey” (November 2025), drawing inspiration from and reflecting on his decision to relocate and to start a new life in the heart of Europe.

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