Results for "Boris Kozlov"

Boris Kozlov

Born: December 5, 1967

Two-time Grammy Award winning acoustic and electric bassist, composer and arranger, Boris Kozlov has been on New York and international jazz scene for the past 20 years. Currently serving as a Bassist, Arranger and Musical Director for Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and The Orchestra, as well as leading his own projects, he has also been a first-call bassist for such important jazz acts as Michael Brecker, John Blake, Ray Barretto's New World Spirit, Lew Tabackin, David Kikoski, Alex Sipiagin, Jean-Michel Pilc and many others.

Boris Kozlov was born in Moscow ,USSR on December 5, 1967 . Having a chance to go to Children's Music School to study piano for 7 years, he fell in love with the bass and won Gnesin Music Academy competition to enter college at the age of 15 on electric bass guitar. While being influenced by rock and classical music, he took interest in jazz at 17 and went on to study acoustic bass with a notable bassist Anatoly Sobolev. Upon graduation in 1987 with Diploma of Honor at the age of 19, he served mandatory 2 years in the Soviet Army, where he had to play tuba and other brass instruments besides basses in the military band.

Natural Rhythm

By Altin Sencalar

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: One By One; Reflection; In Walked Horace; Resolution; Baila de Plena; Descarga de Dia; New Life; Lament; Run Away; Settling.

The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

By Ron Wilkins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Suite I: Big City Livin’; Covid Suite II: Comatose Dreams and Nightmares; Covid Suite III: Awaken and Alleluia; Covid Suite IV: The Sleeper Has Awakened; Sulk City; Near East; Waltz Someday; Like a Brother.

Torch Bearers

By Brian Lynch

Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2026
Track listing: Luck of the Draw; The Joy of Love; Kyle’s Dilemma; 7-24; Luminescence; Pursuit of a Dream; The Juggler; But Beautiful; Blue ‘n Boogie.

Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: A Blue Time

by Jack Bowers
June 10, 2026

Drummer Joe Syrian's spit-shined Motor City Jazz Octet keeps driving emphatically forward on its second recording, A Blue Time, using an impressive arsenal to scurry through a generally agreeable lineup of more or less familiar themes that have been given fresh coats of paint by seven astute and talented arrangers. Even with the various ...

On Different Paths

May 10, 2026

Album: On Different Paths
By Marlon Simon
Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:14

Brian Lynch, featuring Charles McPherson: Torch Bearers

by Jack Bowers
April 13, 2026

Trumpeter Brian Lynch, who has been at the top of his game for more than three decades, shares the stage with another seasoned maestro, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, on Torch Bearers, wherein Lynch, McPherson and their able companions not only carry the torch for their generation but offer an upcoming legion of eager young musicians a ...

Lew Tabackin Quartet At Klavierhaus

by Tanja Momcilovic
January 29, 2026

Pivot Point

By Behn Gillece

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Haymaker; What's Expected; Beyond The Veil; Stranded In Elizabeth; Toys; Just For Fun; Changes Over Time; Pivot Point.

Peace Unknown

By Art Hirahara

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Peace Unknown; Anonima; Irons In The Fire; The More Things Change; Drawing With Light; Brooklyn Express; The Looking Glass; Father's Song; Two Cubes.