Andrei Yegiasarowitsch Towmassjan
Andrei Yegiasarowitsch Towmassjan ( Russian Андрей Егиазарович Товмасян , English transcription Tovmasian ; born December 1, 1942 in Kirov ; † December 31, 2014 in Moscow ) was a Soviet-Russian jazz trumpeter , band leader and composer of modern jazz .
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Towmassyan, who had Armenian origins, was a leading Russian jazz trumpeter in the 1960s. He belonged to the Moscow jazz scene; in his past he had spent a year and a half in prison for black market deals. He was a representative of hard bop in the Clifford Brown , Lee Morgan tradition and also began by memorizing entire solos by Clifford Brown. In the early 1960s, Don Ellis was his role model, who in 1964 described him as one of the best European trumpeters. In the 1960s he played with his own quartet, including at the Moscow jazz festivals.
During a visit to the Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1962 he played with German Lukjanow and other jam sessions with the band's American musicians (such as Zoot Sims , Bill Crow , Joe Newman , Mel Lewis ).
He was also a composer (including Prince Novgorod the Great ) and a pioneer in the use of themes of Russian folklore in jazz. Tom Lord lists four recording sessions from 1962 to 1968 in his jazz discography.
Due to a mental illness, it did not occur again after the mid-1980s.
literature
- S. Frederick Starr Red and Hot. Jazz in Russia 1917-1990 , Hannibal 1990, especially p. 209.
swell
- ↑ Jazz.ru magazine
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Frederick Starr Red and Hot , p. 229
- ↑ Cyril Moshkov
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Towmassjan, Andrei Jegiasarowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tovmasian, Andrey; Товмасян, Андрей Егиазарович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Russian jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirov |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2014 |
| Place of death | Moscow |