Oleg Kireyev is an internationally recognized musician, frequently on tour and playing to
appreciative audiences in Europe and the U.S. Oleg has participated in several of the most innovative and provocative international jazz projects in a recording and performing career spanning three decades. His creative ideas are vast, from mainstream and ethno to jazz rock and world music.
"Incredibly good" "soft & enthusiastic" and Oleg Kireyev released 15 jazz albums.
His release of 2007, "Mandala", published by the New York label " Jazzheads".
The new project of Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors was conceived just over a year ago, in September 2008. After an initial performance at the legendary "Chris Jazz Café" in Philadelphia, they played many East Coast venues into the Spring of 2009 including "Blues Alley" in Washington and "Iridium" in New York. As it happens, during long rehearsals and stage performances the musicians became close and decided to launch an album and project under the name "Rhyme and Reason". The new album was recorded at Tony Bennett's studio in New Jersey, Besides Mr. Kireyev and Mr. Javors, the album features the support of Boris Kozlov on bass. Intensive Euro-American concert tours in 2009.
Downbeat" magazine, for example, favorably commented on the release of the album: "The quartet of Javors and Kireyev demonstrates a broad view on music and an unlimited rhythmic variety." In 2013 Javors-Kireyev-Tom Harrel tandem, well-treated by critics, proceeded working. !e musicians invited Tom Harrell, the legendary jazz trumpet player, and jazz top tiers – Ben Williams (acoustic bass, Pat Metheny Group) and EJ Strickland (drums, Ravi Coltrane band) to record the new album. «!e Meeting» CD was published in 2016 on Inarhyme Records and was taking up the top positions in the US jazz radio charts for 8 weeks. !e reputable «JazzWeek» included the album into the major jazz recordings rating of the year!