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Vitaly Golovnev: When In Moscow

Read "When In Moscow" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
March 12, 2016

Russian-born trumpeter Vitaly Golovnev lives in New York City now, but he maintains ties to his homeland. He recorded this album in Moscow in May, 2015 with his Russian group. Golovnev (who was a semi-finalist in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition) also plays flugelhorn here, and provided most of the compositions. The music is hard bop all the way. He is joined on the front line by Azat Bayazitov (soprano & tenor saxophones) and flutist Anton Zaletayev ...