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Artist
Alex Rostotsky
12+ albums
jazzworldbassrussianprogressive jazz
about
According to the opinion of Russian musical critics Alex Rostotsky has been one of the best electric bass-players for the last 15 years. Being a showman and a melodist, he is known as an artist combining the width of views with his own theme in music and art. Born in Tver in 1955, Alex started studying music at the age of 7 playing the piano. Though he was born in a musical family (Alex's mother was a violinist and taught in a musical school), Alex hated music in his childhood. However, that did not prevent him from graduating from Tver musical college, department of choral conducting. In 1976 Rostotsky moved to Moscow, entered a jazz school and began playing the electric bass. During those years, Alex Rostotsky developed his personal style with a sound full of warm melody and harmony. From 1983, he performed on jazz festivals with various first-rate musicians and toured throughout former USSR. In 1986 Alex started to tour Europe and Asia, performed with many famous musicians, such as Billy Cobham, Ron Affif, Dr.L. Subramaniam, Paul Bollenback, Bob Bray, Tim Armacost, Tal Farlow. In 1994 Rostotsky created his own project named "Jazz Bass Theatre" (JBT), which is organized like a non-repertoir theatre, where each performance has its own style. It varies from ballads to avant-garde influenced by Ornette Coleman; from Ethnic music to modern classic.The album "Oriental Impress" can be a good example of JBT performance. In "Jazz Bass Theatre" Rostotsky brings together various firs
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