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Joshua Shapira is a hardened young criminal–he's a hit man for the Russian mob–who is estranged from his family and banished from the streets of Little Odessa. Forced to go back to Brighton Beach for a quick job, he is inexorably drawn into his old world. Joshua's worshipful little brother Reuben is con-man enough to skip school for weeks without his parents finding out and Alla is a young woman in the neighborhood who is drawn to Joshua even though she knows he is a murderer. Meanwhile, Joshua and Reuben's aging parents fail to grasp the loyalty and violence that permeates their children's lives.

Joshua Shapira is a hardened young criminal–he's a hit man for the Russian mob–who is estranged from his family and banished from the streets of Little Odessa. Forced to go back to Brighton Beach for a quick job, he is inexorably drawn into his old world. Joshua's worshipful little brother Reuben is con-man enough to skip school for weeks without his parents finding out and Alla is a young woman in the neighborhood who is drawn to Joshua even though she knows he is a murderer. Meanwhile, Joshua and Reuben's aging parents fail to grasp the loyalty and violence that permeates their children's lives.

Odessa, August 1970. A heat wave. The city is full of tourists. Boris, a journalist and foreign affairs specialist, and his eight-year-old son Valeri arrive from Moscow to visit Boris' in-laws, Grigori Iosifovich and Raisa Irovna Davidov. But on the day of their arrival, Odessa declares a quarantine due to a cholera outbreak, and the city is closed off. Having come for a few days, the son-in-law is plunged into a world changed by serious danger. Family secrets will be disclosed, improbable events happen, and a great forbidden love starts.

The new album by the David Orlowsky Trio takes the listener on a journey from Klezmer & Jazz to Classical Music, inspired by the musicians’ travel impressions of cities such as Paris, Bucharest, Vienna & Odessa. All x12 pieces are composed by the trio and contain characteristic musical elements of each country they have visited – a homage to diversity & music as a universal language. The David Orlowsky Trio has established itself as a pioneer in the field of world music.

A powerful spoken word, "Intro (feat. Nellah)," opens the album before leading into the title track, an uplifting message of strength and perseverance through Christ. Sonically attractive "Changes" plays on Yonette's elegant yet bold vocals, much like "Run To You," a mid-tempo proclamation of faith. Drum-driven "All You" offers a message of surrender and trust, while worshipful "Breathe Into Me" and "Save Me" are heartfelt prayers for Christ's rescue.

The new album by the David Orlowsky Trio takes the listener on a journey from Klezmer and Jazz to Classical Music, inspired by the musicians’ travel impressions of cities such as Paris, Bucharest, Vienna and Odessa.

"La città di Odessa, sulle rive del Mar Nero, all’inizio del XX secolo era un importantissimo centro commerciale e un eccezionale crogiuolo in cui si incrociavano genti e culture dalle provenienze più diverse: russi, greci, armeni, ebrei, italiani e francesi. E il quartiere più straordinario di questa città straordinaria era sicuramente la Moldavjanka, il ghetto ebraico abitato da una pittoresca galleria di ostesse, carrettieri, mercanti più o meno onesti, su cui regnava feroce Benja Krik, il “Re” di Odessa. Contrabbando, estorsioni, violenze e tenerezza, feste nuziali e funerali: un affresco carico di affetto e di rimpianto della vita (e della malavita) della città nella stagione a cavallo tra il tramonto dell’Impero degli zar e la nascita della dittatura sovietica che Babel’ tratteggia con prodigioso talento di affabulatore….