The founder of the first Soviet jazz rock band Arsenal Alexei Kozlov has died
People’s Artist of Russia, saxophonist and composer, creator of the first jazz rock band Arsenal in the USSR Alexei Kozlov has died at the age of 90. This was reported by “Kommersant” in his family.
People’s Artist of Russia, saxophonist and composer, creator of the first jazz rock band Arsenal in the USSR Alexei Kozlov has died at the age of 90. This was reported by “Kommersant” in his family.
Alexey Kozlov was born on October 13, 1935 in Moscow. In the mid-1950s he graduated from music school in piano class. Participated in the opening of the first Soviet jazz club-cafe "Youth" in the capital. In 1973 he created the country's first jazz-rock ensemble "Arsenal", which became a staff collective of the Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic in 1976. The band performed abroad and released records on Melodies.
Mr. Kozlov is the author of about 100 jazz songs. Among them are “Ivory Tower” (1976), “Ragtime” (1978) and “The Stranger” (1982). He was the author and host of television programs “All this jazz”, “Improvisation on the theme” and radio programs “Jazz, rock and copper trumpets”. Author of Rock Music. Origins and Development (1989), Goat on a Saxon (1998), Jazz, Rock and Copper Trumpets (2005), Rock through the Eyes of a Jazzman (2008).
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