Alexander Tsfasman - Sounds Of Jazz (Звуки Джаза)
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Tsfasman was a pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and bandleader whose career covers the period of Soviet jazz development from the mid-twenties till the 60's. Already in 1924 he created a number of dance pieces like "Excentrical Dance", "Sad Mood" and others, that gained big popularity.
In the end of 1926 Alexander Tsfasman assembles "AMA - jazz", the first professional jazz collective in Moscow. 1927 was the year when Tsfasman's orchestra was invited to play jazz music at the radio studio. Unfortunately, the band of Alexander Tsfasman made not a single disc after that till 1937, despite its successful artistic activity. Despite his strong occupation with his orchestra, Tsfasman also succeeded in performing in solo concert programmes as a pianist. He also created a number of large-scale works and was occupied with composing music for theatre performances and cinema films. In 1939 Tsfasman's orchestra was invited for permanent work at the All-Union Radio. In 1939 the first Soviet jazz television broadcast featuring this band went to the ether. After the war 1946 Alexander Tsfasman was engaged in work as a musical director of the "Hermitage" theatre, where he assembled a symphojazz. Tsfasman's subsequent artistic life was also unseparably linked with jazz. Despite the radically changing jazz music style, he stayed true to himself and his afterwar period works also enjoyed the deserved popularity. This virtuosic record was made in early 1938.
In the end of 1926 Alexander Tsfasman assembles "AMA - jazz", the first professional jazz collective in Moscow. 1927 was the year when Tsfasman's orchestra was invited to play jazz music at the radio studio. Unfortunately, the band of Alexander Tsfasman made not a single disc after that till 1937, despite its successful artistic activity. Despite his strong occupation with his orchestra, Tsfasman also succeeded in performing in solo concert programmes as a pianist. He also created a number of large-scale works and was occupied with composing music for theatre performances and cinema films. In 1939 Tsfasman's orchestra was invited for permanent work at the All-Union Radio. In 1939 the first Soviet jazz television broadcast featuring this band went to the ether. After the war 1946 Alexander Tsfasman was engaged in work as a musical director of the "Hermitage" theatre, where he assembled a symphojazz. Tsfasman's subsequent artistic life was also unseparably linked with jazz. Despite the radically changing jazz music style, he stayed true to himself and his afterwar period works also enjoyed the deserved popularity. This virtuosic record was made in early 1938.