Misha Alperin RIP

[mjazzg]

ECM website is announcing the death of Alperin at the age of just 61.

https://www.ecmrecords.com/news

He recorded many fine albums for the label.

Particular favourites of mine are 'North Story', 'Wave Of Sorrow' and 'First Impression' but they are all worth a listen. The most strikingly personal definitely being the solo 'At Home'

Edited May 17, 2018 by mjazzg

[optatio]

R.I.P.

I saw Mikhail Alperin's Moscow Art Trio live at the 19th Göttinger Jazzfestival on November 8, 1996 performing their Hamburg Concert, which they have had recorded before in Hamburg on January 26, 1996 - see below: 

Edited May 17, 2018 by optatio
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[Gheorghe]

I think I remember I saw him live many many years ago at Jazz Festival Sibiu, România. I think he played with some musicians from Rep. Moldova, which is the territory of Basarabia, the region where Misha grew up. The only thing I remember is that it was a quite unorthodox group, I mean not with the usual setting of horns and regular rhythm section, so maybe it was a bit hard to follow......

This was quite a few years before he moved to Norvegia and became an ECM artist.