Roman Kunsman - Nostalgia: Legend of St. Petersburg Jazz (1966) [2001]

Roman Kunsman (born 7 December 1941 in Kuibyshev, Russia; died 26 October 2002 in Beit Gamliel, Israel) was a jazz composer, flautist and saxophonist. From 1963 until 1970 he led his own well known quartet in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). His composition Loneliness won an award at the Second Leningrad Jazz Festival. In 1967 his composition Ray Of Darkness was performed by the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra at the Moscow Jazz Festival. After his departure for Israel in 1970 Kunsman's name was erased from the jazz history of the Soviet Union and he wasn't mentioned in Russia again until the 1990s.


Tracks:

1. Naima (John Coltrane) (6:35)
2. Misty (Erroll Garner) (5:57)
3. Barbados (Charlie Parker) (5:00)
4. Doxy (Sonny Rollins) (7:20)
5. Five Spot Blues (Thelonious Monk) (5:53)
6. Blue Monk (feat. Marju Kuut)(Thelonious Monk) (3:38)
7. Round About Midnight (Thelonious Monk) (7:20)
8. Pele (Roman Kunsman) (3:30)
9. Loneliness (Roman Kunsman) (8:53)

Personnel:

Alto Saxophone, Leader – Roman Kunsman
Bass – Edward Moskalev
Drums – Valeri Mysovski
Piano – Jouri Vikharev