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b. 24 Feb 1947, Sverdlovsk, Russia. Through the 90s Chekasin was the most respectable saxophonist in the previous Soviet Union, his design a mixture of the past due Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s high-pressure hard bop (Chekasin often plays several horns simultaneously), 60s NY free-jazz tenor and crazy Peter Brötzmann -like howls, …
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The past due Soviet Union had not been renowned because of its contributions to jazz, nonetheless it did produce at least one notable group, for in the ’70s and ’80s the Ganelin Trio was arguably the world’s greatest free jazz ensemble. Made up of pianist Vyacheslav Ganelin, saxophonist Vladimir Chekasin, …
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