I’m a musician. I sing, arrange, play, improvise, teach. I have jazz everywhere: from punk-reggae covers till arrangements of Serbian Orthodox Echos. Spontaneity promises a lot of fun. I even passed my state exams in music academy without repetitions. It was in 2006 in Donetsk (Ukraine). I took place in DoDj International festivals there also [...]
«I finished Kyev musical academy in 2006, and got a diploma of classical saxophonist. After finishing music academy I start playing jazz, because I love it very much. I worked in “Art-Sax Quartet”, A. Fokin’s “Radioband”. I founded "Tequila Sax Quartet" in 2008. I play tenor- and baritone-sax more often, but try not to forget [...]
Good afternoon! My name is Sergey Chashkin. I am a jazz guitarist. I play guitar since my 15. Musical education: Musical College named by P. I. Chaykovskiy (Yekaterinburg, Russia); Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (Ramat HaSharon, Israel); Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA, USA). I have been influenced by oeuvre of such musicians [...]
I play conga and percussion. My specializations are Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz. The first video is an open solo and I added the other videos where I play solos. Thanks. Chen»
Hello! I am 19 years old. I engage in music already for 9 years. My favorite styles are post-bop, hard-bop, Latin music and fusion.
I have finished the Donetsk conservatory, perform in different ensembles. I love jazz in all its manifestations, but prefer Afro-American performers. I compose a little bit.
«I am a jazz performer, pianist and jazz melodica player, teacher, methodist, composer, arranger, couch of ensembles. In 1970 I participated in the biggest jazz festival of the Soviet time. In 1974 I participated in the Newport Jazz Festival with the ensemble. I played with such jazz and blues performers as D .D. Bridgewater, Chico [...]
Skornyakov Pavel Alexandrovich was born in 1987 in the Mayskiy-town, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. In 1992 Pavel’s family went into Ufa, where he lives nowadays. Pavel exercises active concert activities, participate in numerous city, regional and international jazz festivals and contests, where he wins prizes. At the present time he regularly performs in Ufa jazz-club with [...]
“I started playing music when i was 9 years old, and since I turned 17 playing and writing music has been my life. I am now 29 years old, and I've been focusing on traditional jazz for the last 6 years. I love playing all kinds of music, but my heart is in improvisation.
"I love music. I grew up in Valencia (Spain), a land with a bunch of wind orchestras and I started study music at the local music society. I got my bachelor in classical saxophone from Valencia and Madrid Conservatories. And later on graduated from Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA) with a Diploma in Performance.
My name is Alexey. I’m looking for quality, beauty and most importantly originality of improvisation. Unlike most of my peers, I'm not crazy about the show, but I use just the part which is necessary. I’m looking for new features, new approaches, frets, methods. As a pianist I have more possibilities in this behalf.
I was born in Sumy city. I have graduated from the Sumy Higher College of Arts and Culture named after D. S. Bortnyanskiy with honors, then the faculty of Arts in the Sumy State Pedagogical University. I am engaged in teaching and performing activities. I love all styles of jazz.
Jazz guitarist. The teacher of mainstream guitar in the college of art. I have finished the Tyumen State Academy and got the diploma as a classical guitarist. My favorite guitarists are John Scofield and Pat Metheny.
Alexander Bulatov is a professional jazz musician. He was born in July 24 1984 in Yekaterinburg. At 11 he entered the mainstream music studio at the state-paid educational institution “Palace of Youth” of the Sverdlovsk region where he started to learn bass-guitar playing. At the age of 15 Alexander was invited to Open Sound, the [...]
Anrey Pletnev is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, one of the organizers and a conductor of jazz jam-sessions in the Yekaterinburg “EverJazz” club, the leader of Anrey Pletnev’s quintet, the conductor of the Afro-Cuban music orchestra “Muchachos Band”, the leader of the project “Old School”, which performs jazz music of 50-60th, the soloist of the big [...]
Professional jazz musician (drummer), composer and leader of his own ensemble “IGNAT KRAVTSOV QUINTET”. The winner of international jazz festivals in the USA, Poland, Ukraine and Russia.
Sergey Dolzhenkov is a remarkable trombonist from St. Petersburg (Russia). The winner of numerous jazz festivals. Sergey was the participant of the program “Intellectual resources of Russia” in nomination “The best in the specialization”. Collaborate with leading musicians of Russia and abroad. Four years works with the popular Russian singer Yelena Vaenga. «I don’t have [...]
Georgiy Matviyiv is a bandura player-innovator, the soloist of the European Jazz Orchestra, the soloist of “Tchayka” ensemble, composer, arranger, and the winner of more than 30 international jazz competitions and the competitions of academic music, he is a teacher in Odessa Music Academy named Nezhdanova and an inventor of new bandura playing methods.
American saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist with Colombian origins Hernan Jay Rodriguez is musical director/founding member of New York City’s phenomenon Groove Collective (www.groovecollective.com), has been nominated twice for a Grammy under the best jazz solo category.
I was born in Barranquilla Colombia and grew up in NYC from the age of 3. I began playing when I was 7. I am a Grammy Nominated composer, saxophonist,flutist and clarinetist. I have worked with everyone from Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri to Gil Evans band, Chucho Valdes, Elvis Costello, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Craig [...]
Eugeniy is a trombonist appreciated in jazz circles. Participates in various projects. Open to new experience and collaborations. Permanent member of trombonists group of Odessa big band under conduction of Nikolay Goloshchapov. Eugeniy participated in numerous Ukrainian festivals. Plays in cultic Odessa group “Fidel’s Children” as a member of which several times performed with Ashley [...]
Higher education. Jazz guitar teacher in the College of Arts, musical school. Musical preferences: bebop, jazz-rock, fusion, rhythm and blues, country. Favorite musicians: J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, K. Debussy, I. Stravinsky, Jimmy Hendrix, John Mayall, Alan Jackson, J. D. Cale, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Joe Pass, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Pat [...]
Ofer Assaf, jazz saxophonist, composer and educator, member of the Bernie Worrell Orchestra (P-Funk and Talking Heads) was born in Israel where he attended the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts dividing his time between music and dance. In 1991 he won the Israeli National Competition in Jazz and Contemporary Music for young musicians. [...]
Natalya is currently a fourth-year student at the Odessa National University, majoring in management of foreign-economic activity. She has been singing and playing the piano since she was 6 years old, and has taken part in many regional, national and international festivals and competitions.
I have come from Omsk, where I’ve got my first musical education. I was graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts as a guitarist at the mainstream department (state provision).
Maxim Vatutin (Guitar, Ukraine) I am 29 years old. I live in Kiev. Together with music I professionally do art pottery and also make ceramic music instruments (darbuka, oud). I am an artist by education. I have got diplomas of art pottery and art metalwork.
Alain Claude Mbena Ongolo (bass, Cameroon) My alias is Alino. I was born on the 17th of November of 1965 in Paris. At the momentI live in Yaound?,Cameroon. I play bass guitarandupright bass. I am interested in Jazz and Jazz-rock musicand Martial Art: Pride FC and MMA. Research in spiritual matters since 35 years...
“Eduaction – Moscow state Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky. Hobbies – reading books, nature, sport, art, physics, philosophy, psychology. Favorite styles of music – all of them”
Very experienced bass-guitarist, who has been playing in various Odessa jazz ensembles since 80’s of the previous century. He had an opportunity to play with musicians in clubs of Valparaiso, Bangkok, New-York during the decade-long period of working on cruise ships. Lately he is a member of Alexey Petukhov Trio, with which he participated in [...]
