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Green Light
By Vlad West
Label: Alve Publishing & Recording Co.
Released: 2015
Track listing: Ring For Swing; Robins' Dream; No Hard Feelings; Red Carpet; MF;
Gypsy Doll; Green Light; Someone Is Waiting For You; If Clouds Will
Disappear; Autumn Bells; OG; Up To You; Never Too Late For Roses.
Vlad West: Green Light
by Budd Kopman
Green Light finds pianist/composer Vlad West (aka Vladimir Sermakashev) working in the same mode as his previous release In My Corner, so much of the shock of the unexpected" is gone. Furthermore, that which was shocking before (the very high level of keyboard technique, musicianship and advanced harmony, contrasting with a quite harsh electronic ...
Vlad West: In My Corner
by Budd Kopman
Everyone evolves as life proceeds, and musicians are no exception. However, In My Corner, recorded in 2011, almost twenty years after Say Hello To Russia, is so different from the latter as to give one pause. Vlad West is back on the keyboard, which was his first instrument, and it sounds electronic, but those ...
Vlad West: Say Hello To Russia
by Budd Kopman
Pianist/saxophonist/composer Vlad West could possibly be the best known unknown musician in jazz, at least in the U.S. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan as Vladimir Sermakashev, his first instrument was piano, and as a child prodigy, outgrew his teachers by the age of nine. He then switched to saxophone and jazz, becoming the top player in Baku ...