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| Viatcheslav
Novikov - Brian Melvin - Toivo Unt make up the trio of
Classics In Jazz. Viatcheslav, being a master pianist, brings a wealth of knowledge from his classical background. He was the leading classical pianist of the former Soviet Union, now living in Finland, where he is a professor of music and is continually performing around the world and teaching master classes and private students. He is also a truly gifted improviser with a deep love and respect for the art of jazz. He is able to call on any idea at anytime using the piano as his medicine cabinet to create a tonic that is needed for the moment. He truely is one with his instrument and connects spirituality straight to his music. A very special and rare combination to attain in any art form. Brian brings another side to this trio. He is again a musician who has many backgrounds and relishes in painting the music in this project. You must be able to see the music in terms of colors and spacial configurations, says Brian. Its creating an atmosphere and getting close to what the original composer may have been feeling in terms of emotions and energy. A meditation of a sort. The time feeling has to be elastic, the idea of floating in space. Then adding your energy to the mix is where it become personal and majestic. There is a lot of Psycology in this music, stemming from the composers ideas to the trio interpreting the music in the open and boundless . Its mind music. It becomes free and has no limits to where the trio can take the music or where the music may take the trio. Bassist Toivo Unt again has a vast background , and brings a very nice, warm and beautiful sound in his approach to the bass . The bassist must find a way to be harmonically in touch with the composition and at the same time be able to improvise his ideas at any moment. Its the same idea as the bassists in jazz music along with the element of composition and fine tuning of the classical genre. Altogether Viatcheslav-Brian-and Toivo make the Classics In Jazz a trio of imagination and one full of meaning and surprise. |
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| The trio has just finished their first recording and the CD "Paintings" is available in 2006 on Nõmme Records. They covered composers Schubert-Bach-Tchaikovsky-Ligeti-Pärt-Scriabin - with interpretations of the blues and original composition dedicated to bassist Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead. | ||
| Contact: toivo.unt@mail.ee,
www.toivount.com
muusika@aol.com (Brian) |
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2. Pärt mp3
3. Schubert mp3
4. Novikov's Blues mp3
5. Skriabin mp3
6. Bach mp3
7. Ligeti mp3
8. Tchaikovski mp3
9. Phil Lesh mp3