Dmitri Kolesnik

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Dmitri Kolesnik ( Russian Дмитрий Колесник ; * around 1965 in Leningrad ) is a Russian - American jazz musician ( double bass , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Kolesnik, who is from St. Petersburg , came to jazz music through his father, a jazz pianist . First he began training as an engineer, which he broke off to become a professional musician. He studied at the Mussorgsky Musikkolleg and worked in the Russian jazz scene with musicians such as David Goloschokin and Igor Butman . The first recordings were made with the Leningrad Jazz Ensemble ( 15 Years Later ), which were published in 1984 by the Melodija label. In 1991, Kolesnik left the USSR to move to New York; after receiving a scholarship to the City College of New York , and studied with Ron Carter .

In the following years Kolesnik worked in the American jazz scene a. a. with Benny Golson , Stanley Jordan , Mark Murphy , Eric Alexander , Woody Allen , Richie Cole , Nicole Henry, Harry Whitaker , Bill Ware , Johnny Colon, Bill Warfield, David Budway , Avi Rothbard , Rick Germanson , Keith Ingham , Andrei Kondakov, Vitali Imereli, Boris Kurganov and Arkady Figlin. With his own formations Kolesnik appeared in venues such as Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola , Smoke and Smalls , where he presented his own compositions (such as “Little Mouse” or “Giving Rise to Doubt”). He regularly plays in the Anthony Wonsey Trio (with Jon Beshay ), in the JC Stylles / Steve Nelson Quintet and in the Chris Gillespie Trio at the Carlyle Hotel . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 16 recording sessions between 1983 and 2016, including with Larry Newcomb / Bucky Pizzarelli .

Discographic notes

  • Meeting Point: Quintessence ( Challenge Records , 2009), with Lenny White, Eric Alexander
  • Dmitri Kolesnik: Five Corners (Challenge Records, 2007), with Lenny White , Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi
  • Dmitri Kolesnik: Blues for Dad (Bohema Music, 2001O), with Lenny White, Eric Alexander, Alex Sipiagin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dmitri Kolesnik. Smalls, November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 17, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Kolesnik, Dmitri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad