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Larry Appelbaum, |
Before & After with Igor Butman: Listening With Russia’s Jazz Ambassador
Tenor saxophonist, bandleader and entrepreneur Igor Butman occupies a unique place in Russian jazz circles for his considerable musical skills, media visibility and savvy political c...
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John McDonough, |
Igor Butman Orchestra Sheherazade’s Tales Butman Music 74008 4 stars
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By Michael Jackson, |
Saxophonist Butman Jams in the Moscow MidnightsIt wasn’t until the close of a call with saxophonist Igor Butman (at his dacha near Moscow) that I realized our conversation had been scheduled for 3 a.m. in his time zone. Being active at su...
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By Bruno Anastasi, |
Album of the week: Igor Butman, “Magic Land”A giudicare dal corposo curriculum pubblicato sul suo sito, Igor Butman è il più illustre sassofonista (tenore / soprano) russo. Si dirà: embè? Gli scettici di...
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Eric Nemeyer, |
Igor ButmanIgor Butman, saxophone virtuoso and bandleader, is Russia’s number one jazz personality today. Born in 1961 in Leningrad (now St.Petersburg), Igor Butman started playing the clarinet at the a...
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GREG SIMMONS, |
Andrei Kondakov / Igor Butman / Eddie Gomez / Lenny White: Blues for 4 (2011)Russian music has a mile-wide streak of tragedy and sorrow running through it. If Americans hadn't invented it first, the blues could have been born on the banks of the Volga River, instead of the Mis...details |
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Boris Barabanov, |
She’s all that jazzIn the year of her anniversary American jazz diva Dee Dee Bridgewater visited Russia within the scope of tour dedicated to the album of songs from the repertory of Billie Holiday. BORIS BARABANOV r...
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Forrest Dylan Bryant, |
Igor Butman Big Band, Moscow @ 3 A.M.Casting a welcome spotlight on the underexposed Russian jazz scene, star saxophonist Igor Butman reunites with a longtime friend and collaborator, composer/arranger Nick Levinovsky, to co-lead a br...
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Frederick Berna, |
A Jazz Leader for the New EraHailed by none other than President Bill Clinton as one of the world’s greatest living saxophone players, Igor Butman is an icon of Russian musical life. Born in St. Petersburg in 1961, he to...
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Michael Gill, |
Soviet JazzWhen Igor Butman talks about jazz in the Soviet Union in the late '70s, his enthusiasm is only partly due to the fact that he was a teenager then, just waking up to music. Born in St. Petersburg, w...
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Hugo Kugiya, |
A Russian jazz-classical fusion at Benaroya HallIgor Butman, the jazz saxophonist considered the Wynton Marsalis of Russia, will be in Seattle Feb. 20 for a date in the eight-city tour "Crossover Concerto: Where Classical Meets Jazz," with Yuri ...
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Michael Jackson, |
Igor Butman. Magic Land. 4 1/2 starsThe somewhat cheesy cover art and suggestion of kids music шn the track listing, сoupled with my barely nominal familiarity with Igor Butman, put me off this CD when it arrived in the mail, althoug...
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Emily Jo Cureton, |
Carnival of JazzFor the past six years, Igor Butman and Larisa Dolina have collaborated to produce "Carnival of Jazz", a spectacular event no true jazz lover would want to miss. "Carnival of Jazz 2" comes to Manha...
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Terell Kent Holmes, |
Magic LandRussian sax man Igor Butman uses music from Russian cartoons and movies as the inspiration for Magic Land, where he has the support of a Hall of Fame band—Randy Brecker (trumpet), Stefon Harr...
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Patrick Cole, |
Russian Sax King Igor Butman Wants to Be a Name Outside MoscowWalk down a street in Moscow and you'll see the Russian sax player Igor Butman on billboards promoting his latest record. Here in the U.S., though, he's lucky if his name isn't mispronounced (it's ...
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Will Friedwald, |
Building the Russia HouseAt Igor Butman's early set Wednesday at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the great St. Petersburg-born tenor saxophonist played only one brief lick that seemed, at least to Western ears, remotely Russian: T...
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Sholto Byrnes, |
Randy Brecker, Ronnie Scott’s, LondonIf it has been Randy Brecker's misfortune to be overshadowed for most of his career by his brother Michael, one of the most admired tenor saxophonists, he's never seemed to mind that much. Perhaps ...
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Mike Hobart, |
Randy Brecker/Igor Butman Quartet, Ronnie Scott’sThe American trumpeter Randy Brecker oozes the urbane professionalism of a touring jazz musician in demand for studio work. His 40-year career spans Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen, headlining ...
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Patrick Cole, |
axophonist Igor Butman, `the Wynton of Russia,' Plays New YorkRussian jazz saxophone player Igor Butman smiles with confidence when you call him the Wynton Marsalis of his homeland. |
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Jerry D'Souza, |
Euro-Jazz Scores at Toronto Jazz Festival
(...) Igor Butman builds several of his compositions over Russian folk tunes. He turns them into little vignettes that boast the musical melodies of his native land and the harmoniza...
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Nate Chinen, |
A Musical Exchange With the Best Russia Has to OfferThe promise of a dialogue between jazz and classical music has been a persistent lure over the years. It's a preoccupation that turns experts into interlopers, compelling them to speak in a borrowe...
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Will Friedwald, |
An Octogenarian's Time To ShineSpeaking of detente, Rose Theater on Wednesday night played host to visitors from even farther away than L.A. This was "Crossover Concerto," a concert starring two ensembles from Moscow. |
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Ben Ratliff, |
Marsalis and His Russian CounterpartJazz suggests a spectrum of artistic dispositions, and musicians all over the world take from it whatever suits their own temperaments. Some choose vulnerability. Some choose concentration. Some ch...
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Ira Gitler, |
Overdue Ovation for Igor ButmanIt was at a league ice-hockey game on Nov. 11, 1994, that Igor Butman added another exciting chapter to his life story. The other team, frustrated by Butman's skill and speed, tried to slow him dow...
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