"Jazz Pioneer in the USSR" Kozlov will be buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery

Jazz rock musician and composer Alexei Kozlov will take his last trip on September 29. The ceremony of farewell to the artist will be held at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow, told RBC representative Kozlov Victoria Likhtin.

People’s Artist of Russia and the famous saxophonist Alexei Kozlov has died at the age of 90. The death of the musician was announced by his club on September 25.

Kozlov began his musical career as a pianist in the 1950s. In 1957, he made his debut with the saxophone - this instrument the musician mastered independently.

In the early 1960s, Kozlov was at the origins of the first jazz club-cafe in the USSR “Youth”. And in the 1970s he founded the first Soviet jazz-rock band Arsenal.

Throughout his career, Kozlov remained not only a virtuoso performer, but also an organizer of the stage - clubs, festivals and educational projects, which strengthened his role as an "agent" of jazz in the USSR and Russia.