a r t i s t : Arkady Shilkloper
t i t l e : Pilatus
d a t e : 2000
l a b e l : Boheme Music
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2009
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 55,2 MB
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Born in Moscow, Russia, 17/10/56, Arkady began to study
playing alto horn at age six and switched to French horn in
1967, aged eleven, when he entered the Moscow Military Music
School (he stayed there until 1974). One of most unusual
Russian musicians, Arkady plays French horn, flugelhorn,
alphorn and many more wind instruments that are unusual. >From
1978 to 1985 he was a member of the orchestra of the Bolshoi
Theatre. With this world-famous orchestra and as a member of
the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 1989, he
undertook numerous worldwide concert tours.
Alongside with that he started playing traditional jazz with
double-bass player Mikhail Karetnikov and avant-garde jazz in
Three O project with saxophonist Sergei Letov and tuba player
Arkady Kirichenko (1985-1990).
Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union Shilkloper has
worked independently both as a solo performer and, since 1988,
in a duo with piano player Misha Alperin (since 1991, with
Alperin and Starostin in the Moscow Art Trio) and in other
formations.
He played with Lionel Hampton, Elvin Jones, Lew Soloff and
Herb Ellis. He also has worked with Pierre Favre, Louis
Sclavis, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jon Christensen, Bob Stewart.
Since 1997, he also plays in two Russian trios: one with St.
Petersburg's best jazzmen - acoustic bassist Vladimir Volkov
and piano player Andrei Kondakov and the other with Volkov and
Sergei Starostin. Arkady also participates in international
project like Pago Libre and Christian Muthspiel's Octet Ost
and records as a guest musician with bands like Vienna Art
Orchestra (since January, 1998, Arkady performs and records
extensively with this unique formation based in Vienna,
Austria). Shilkloper is in demand as a soloist and a teacher
for brass instrument workshops and horn symposia the world
over.
Performed worldwide at leading Jazz festivals (Lionel Hampton
Jazz Festival, Moscow, Idaho; North Sea Jazz Festival; Baltic
Jazz, Graz Jazz Brass Festival, Salzburg Jazzherbst, Alpentone
(Altdorf, Switzerland), jazz festivals in Leverkusen, Munich,
Leipzig, Karlsruhe, Grenoble, Nurnberg, Beijing (China),
Mulhouse, etc.).
In 1995, Andrey Feofanov produced Arkady's 1 st solo CD
"Hornology". Since 1998, Andrey Feofanov heads new Boheme
Music label which became Arkady Shilkloper's main record label
(8 CDs with his participation have been released on Boheme
Music (BMR). In 2000, Boheme Music (BMR) released Arkady
Shilkloper's 2nd solo album "Pilatus" produced by Andrey
Feofano.
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01-Dragon's dream [02:45]
02-Song for everyone [03:20]
03-Bazaar [08:04]
04-Heightened serenity [02:07]
05-Dance five [04:03]
06-Shepherd's tune [03:53]
07-Useless talk [03:05]
08-Alpine sketch [04:10]
09-Funky-etude [04:14]
10-Elegy [03:54]
11-Pilatus [07:26]
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47:01 min