Alexei Semjonowitsch Koslow
Alexei Semenovich Kozlov , also Alexey Kozlov ( Russian Алексей Семёнович Козлов , * 13. October 1935 in Moscow ) is a Russian jazz - saxophonist .
Live and act
Koslow had come to jazz in the post-Stalinist era and played in various bands; his main occupation was an engineer. As a musician he had, according to Frederick Starr, the reputation of a "competent Sonny Rollins and Roland Kirk imitator [s]". His colleagues classified him as an amateur. When modern jazz in the USSR became more and more elitist around 1970, it left this trend and turned to rock music . With his Arsenal ensemble he was one of the pioneers of Russian jazz-rock in the 1970s ; In 1973 he founded the group, which existed underground until 1976, when the ban on rock music and jazz rock was lifted and the band could begin touring and recording a number of LPs from 1977-1991. The band's first album, recorded in Riga , was only released in 1980 before the Summer Olympics . In the following years they became known throughout the Soviet Union . By wearing masks during their performances, they stood in the theatrical tradition of Russian jazz; In 1983 they also founded a theater. In 1988 he wrote a rock opera in the style of Jesus Christ Superstar . In the spring of 1998 the band gave their farewell concert.
From 1986 Koslow regularly presented television and radio programs on jazz and rock history; In 1989 he published a book on Western rock music ( Rock Music: Roots and Development ). He is also a columnist on the Jazz.ru website . From the 1990s he worked with the Shostakovich String Quartet and the Ars Nova Trio.
Discographic notes
- Opaljonnyje Vremenem ... III (Boheme, 1998)
- Scorched by Time Vols. 1-4 (Boheme, 1977-1991, ed. 2000)
- Alexey Kozlov and the Shostakovich String Quartet (Boheme, 2000)
- The Second Approach Trio With Special Guest Alexey Kozlov: A Day for Dave (Art Beat, 2015)
literature
- S. Frederick Starr : Red and Hot. Jazz in Russia 1917-1990 . hannibal, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-85445-062-1 .
Web links
- Aleksej Koslow at Allmusic (English)
- Portrait of the UC Club
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frederick Starr, p. 253.
- ↑ Frederick Starr, p. 262.
- ↑ Biographical information from Boheme Music
- ↑ Information at Jazz.ru
- ↑ Information at Jazz.ru
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koslow, Alexei Semjonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kozlov, Alexei; Козлов, Алексей Семёнович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |