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Yuri Goloubev: Of Chocolate Cake & Other Simple Metaphors
by Ian Patterson
After a highly successful career in one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the Moscow Soloists, Russian double-bassist Yuri Goloubev decided to turn his back entirely on this world to heed another calling: jazz.Responding to his lifelong passion, Goloubev established himself in Milan, Italy, where in the past five years he has recorded an impressive number of sessions and fully established himself on the national jazz scene.
As one-third of the short-lived but highly impressive trio ...
Continue ReadingYuri Goloubev: Metafore Semplici
by Ian Patterson
After twelve years as principal bassist in the world renowned chamber orchestra Moscow Soloists, where he played with the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich, Vedim Repim and James Galway, Russian Yuri Goloubev made the bold move of abandoning the classical world, relocating to Italy and dedicating himself entirely to jazz. It hasn't worked out too badly, for in half a dozen years his rich, full tone and outstanding arco playing has graced forty recordings. Goloubev's third release as leader, Metafora Semplici, ...
Continue ReadingYuri Goloubev: Metafore semplici
by AAJ Italy Staff
Di formazione classica e jazzista per elezione, Goloubev si era già rivelato come strumentista di notevoli risorse tecniche nella sua attività di sideman. Le dodici tracce di questo CD ne rivelano anche una fascinosa vena compositiva, che oscilla senza soluzione di continuità tra classicismo ed improvvisazione jazzistica. Ed è proprio questa la marcia in più di questo autoritratto musicale che evoca timbri e movimenti inusuali nel jazz quale il corale di ascendenza classica. Al suo fianco, quattro trasversali eccellenze musicali ...
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