Anatoly Gerasimov
Anatoli Gerasimow , Russian Анатолий Герасимов , (* 1945 in Moscow ; † April 25, 2013 ) was a Russian jazz musician ( saxophone , flute ), composer and arranger .
Life
Anatoli Gerasimow began his career in various Moscow jazz bands, such as the big bands of Anatoli Kroll , Jurij Saulsky, Boris Pischkow and Eddie Rosner . In 1973 he emigrated to the United States, where he worked with musicians such as Tony Scott and became a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington ( Continuum , 1975). In the following years he wrote music for theater and film, including for Liquid Sky (1983), a science fiction filmby the Russian-born director Slava Tsukerman. He moved to Paris in the early 1980s before returning to Russia in 1997. There he worked with his own bands and with Vladimir Ivanov, with whom the last recordings were made in 2009 ( Ornithology Pilgrimage ). In the field of jazz he was involved in nine recording sessions between 1975 and 2009.
Discographic notes
- Time Flies (1987), with Marc Cohen, Ted Lo , Boris Lebedinsky, Leo Traversa , Yossi Fine, Ricky Sebastian, Guilherme Franco , Arto Tuncboyaci , Steve Thornton
- Yes! Anatole Gerasimou [sic] (2000), with Yury Pogiba, Anton Reunyuk, Dmitry Sevastianov
- Live in “Olimpiada 80” (Cantaloop, 2009), with Nikolay Sarabianov, Anton Revnuk, Alexey Kravcov, Vlad Okunev, Vardan Babayan
Web links
- Web presence (russian)
- Anatole Gerasimov at Allmusic (English)
- Anatoli Gerassimow at Discogs (English)
- Anatoly Gerasimov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary at Jazz.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 28, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerasimov, Anatoly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Герасимов, Анатолий (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian jazz musician (saxophone, flute), composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2013 |