Alexei Batashov is 60. You cannot imagine Soviet and Russian jazz from 60-s up to now without him. Educator, scholar, critic, writer, he helped promote Russian and Soviet musicians, broke through bureaucracy to let them play at home and let them go abroad to play, "imported" western jazzers... He was one of those who made the government accept jazz and jazz musicians on official status... What's more?
Happy birthday!
2013 – В 2013 году скончался талантливый художник и барабанщик группы кино Гео́ргий (Гу́став) Константи́нович Гурья́нов »»
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