ARTICLES

All That Soviet Jazz. CONTEXT. July 25, 2008

Its title, "Until Jazz Began," is a well-known line from a 1980s song by the rock band Akvarium. The book's cover photograph shows the band's lead singer, Boris Grebenshchikov, standing alongside the late jazz and rock musician Sergei Kuryokhin.
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Leningrad memories. The St. Petersburg Times. May 23, 2008

A memoir by jazz journalist and promoter Alexander Kan, published by the local publisher Amphora, is called “Poka Ne Nachalsya Jazz,” which means, literally, “Until Jazz Starts,” but the author himself prefers to translate it as “Waiting for Jazz.” read more ->

A Brief History Of New Improvised Music in Russia. JAZZ.RU. April 2001

This essay, written as liner notes for "Golden Years of Soviet Jazz", Leo Records' new CD series, is published courtesy of the author, Alex Kan, BBC air host and new music historian. Please note that Mr.Kan describes mostly the history of new improvised music in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia (new jazz, ethno jazz, avant-garde jazz) - but not the history of straight-ahead jazz (jazz mainstream, swing, bop etc.) read more ->

Leningrad memories. The St. Petersburg Times. May 23, 2008

A memoir by jazz journalist and promoter Alexander Kan, published by the local publisher Amphora, is called “Poka Ne Nachalsya Jazz,” which means, literally, “Until Jazz Starts,” but the author himself prefers to translate it as “Waiting for Jazz.” read more ->

Leningrad memories. The St. Petersburg Times. May 23, 2008

A memoir by jazz journalist and promoter Alexander Kan, published by the local publisher Amphora, is called “Poka Ne Nachalsya Jazz,” which means, literally, “Until Jazz Starts,” but the author himself prefers to translate it as “Waiting for Jazz.” read more ->

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