Jazz Articles about Misha Feigin

Misha Feigin: Both Kinds of Music

by Robert Spencer
November 1, 1999

Misha Feigin plays a balalaika, which may be only a word from the Beatles' “Back in the USSR" to many people, but becomes here an excellent vehicle for improvisation. He also plays a classical guitar on four of these seven duos (and balalaika on four as well: he plays both on “A Meter Violation").

All seven of these duos pair Feigin's instruments with other strings: dobro (Elliot Sharp), electric guitar (Davey Williams), cello (Craig Hultgren), violin (LaDonna Smith, who also ...