V/A In memoriam Nesterov

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This release is an extract from contemporary jazz and experimental music marathon dedicated to memory of Ukrainian improviser Oleksandr Nestrerov (1954 – 2005) curate by Alla Zagaykevych.

Oleksandr Nesterov was likely the most famous representative of Ukrainian jazz underground and modern improvisational music. He performed on bass-guitar, MIDI-guitar, grand piano, vibraphone, percussion, bassoon and contrabass. Oleksandr began his career as a bass-guitarist. He performed in a jazz-rock group “Videojazz”, popular in the USSR (1985-1988). In the beginning of 1990s Oleksandr changed his attitude to music and began a new creative stage. Improvisation became the main theme of his creative work. The first step towards this innovation was Aleksandr’s participation in a music quintet with Genadiy Ivchenko, Emil’ Sokolov (saxophones), Sergiy Shvirst (drums) and Sergiy Khmelyov (vibraphone). He was a leader of “The Modern Music Group” (1988) which united Petro Tovstukha (piano), Yuriy Yaremchuk (saxophones), Iryna Finish (violoncello) and Myhaylo Antonovych. Oleksandr collaborated with Kyiv “Theatre of drama and comedy” (1989) and participated in a Ukraine-France jazz festival “Dniprogastrol” (1991) which resulted in interesting acquaintance with the performers of the “ARFI” association from Lion, France. Also he was a participant of jazz festivals and forums devoted to modern music in Ukraine and abroad. Since 1995 Aleksandr has been mostly working with solo projects and creating musical explications of old movies. He collaborates with a folklore ensemble “Drevo”, Sergiy Khmelyov and Yuriy Yaremchuk. They were exactly the ones whom Aleksands created one of his best works with – the program named “Contaminated Sounds” devoted to the Chornobyl tragedy (2001).

Nesterov Discography:

• Works (with J. Haslam, Solianik, Khmeliov) 1998 Slam Productions CD
• A Well-Prepared Clavier 2001 Symphokare CD
• The Claustrophobia 2001 Symphokare CD
• The Mirror 2001 Symphokare CD
• Contaminated Sounds 2001 Symphokare CD
• Dynamic MIDItations, Vol. 1 2002 COMP Music CD
• Dynamic MIDItations, Vol. 2 2002 COMP Music CD

Track list: (full quality 320 kbps files)

1. 11:51
   Yuri Yaremchuk, saxophones
2. 11:14
   Yuri Zmorovych, electronics, voice
   Vladislav Makarov, cello
   Sergey Letov, saxophones
   Yuri Yaremchuk, saxophones
3. 18:30
   Vladislav Makarov, cello
   Alexei Borisov, electronics
   Sergiy Khmelyov, percussion
4. 14:27
   Alexei Borisov, electronics
   Andrey Kiritchenko, electronics, bass
   Kotra, electronics, bass
   Alla Zagaykevych, electronics
5. 10:39
   Sergey Letov, saxophones
   Vladislav Makarov, cello
   Alexei Borisov, electronics
   Yuri Yaremchuk, saxophones
   Petro Tovstukha, piano
   Sergiy Khmelyov, percussion
6. 37:43
   Sergey Letov, saxophones
   Vladislav Makarov, cello
   Alexei Borisov, voice, electronics
   Yuri Yaremchuk, saxophones
   Petro Tovstukha, piano
   Sergiy Khmelyov, percussion
   Sergiy Ohrymchuk, violin
   M. Strelnikov, guitar
   O. Klymenko, button accordion
   Yuri Zmorovych, electronics
   Sergiy Smetanin, guitar
   Igor Rudyi, saxophones
   Oleg Putyatin, bass-guitar
   Sergiy Khmelyov, percussion
   Gregoriy Makhno, mouth-harmonica
   Andrey Kiritchenko, electronics
   Kotra, electronics
   Alla Zagaykevych, electronics

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