Nikita Rafaelov

Nikita Rafaelov: Spirit of Gaia

by Dan McClenaghan
October 29, 2018

Russia-born pianist Nikita Rafaelov adopted Finland as his homeland, and music as his passion. He began with the classics at an early age before the inspirations of Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and John Coltrane came his way. His jazz recording debut on Copenhagen, Denmark's Gotta Let it Out Records, Spirit of Gaia, is described as: ..."a different kind of solo piano album." Rafaelov, not yet thirty years old at this writing, creates his art with an original voice, ...