ID: RCD26845
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Jazz
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Recorded in 1934 - 1941
Celestine CALL, vocal (1,2) / Vladimir FRANK, whistling (3) / Vera KRASOVITSKAYA, vocal (17, 19) / Vladimir KOSTYLIOV, saxophon (8) / Aleksandr Y. VARLAMOV, voice (4, 6, 9, 11, 13)
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It’s impossible to imagine the history of Soviet popular music of the 1930s without Alexander Varlamov - composer, conductor, and pioneer of jazz-dance ensembles. Each of his groups had its own unique sound, full of freshness and originality.
Born into a famous musical dynasty, Varlamov carried forward a family tradition of serving the arts. His great-grandfather, A. E. Varlamov, wrote many popular Russian romances still performed today. Following in these footsteps, Alexander studied composition with Mikhail Gnesin, Reinhold Glière, and Dmitri Rogal-Levitsky, receiving a top musical education.
Alexander Varlamov and His Jazz Orchestra - Voices and Orchestra-Jazz
Step into the sound of 1930s Soviet jazz - feel the swing, hear the history!
Meet Alexander Varlamov - composer, conductor, and pioneer of Soviet jazz.
In the 1930s he brought swing to Moscow with his dance-jazz orchestra and later formed the legendary “Seven,” a small band that became a school for young jazz talents.
Together they recorded unforgettable tracks - “Yellow Rose”, “Lullaby”, “Moon”, “Sweet Sue”, “Happy Hour” - capturing the energy, elegance, and freedom of an era when jazz was new and exciting in Russia. |
