Alex Fantaev

Alex Fantaev

Alex Fantaev. Famous Ukrainian drummer and composer. Was studied at Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music Israel.

Was play with: Cafe Da Silva, Marek Balata, Eric Marienthal, Lew Soloff, Mark Soskin, Francois Jeanneau, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Erich Kleinschuster, Gabin, Leonid Ptashka, Arkadiy Shilkloper, Zemfira... Working with Night Groove, Er.J.Orchestra, Solomin Band (DomRa), Kiev art ensemble, Natalya Lebedeva Trio, Yuliya Roma, Swing Brothers, Dnipro Orchestra...

information, photo from official site: http://www.alexfantaev.kiev.ua/

Albums:

Alex Fantaev. First Kiss. /digi-pack/


..it will not be an overstatement if we say that the debut album by Fantaev has been virtually the most expected jazz release 2008 in Ukraine. But even more than that – already following the first concert presentations after the recording but before the official release of the disc, "First Kiss" was named the best jazz program of the year.
Domestic price: 390.60UAH, International price: $27.90USD

Dmitry "Bobeen" Alexandrov, Mark Soskin, Andrew Arnautov, Alex Fantaev. Skhid-Side meets Mark Soskin. (live).


Everything coincides on that spring evening – the mood, energy, mastery. And – the internal freedom of people who came together to once again create a common language... And we could describe the swift and lyrical Aleksandrov, the artistic Fantaev, thoughtful and easy-going Arnautov, light and deep at the same time Soskin, but music lies – in different thing...
Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

Songs:

Drum Kolo. (2CD). /digi-pack/


Another volume of the audio reference book by the "Jazz Kolo" project is, as you see, focused on masters of drumkit playing. It is nice to see that this time there again appears so much material that the compilers did not manage to squeeze everything into one disc. It is nice to see that there is enough space both for "veterans" of the Ukrainian jazz, and for the absolutely young generation..
Domestic price: 488.60UAH, International price: $34.90USD

Drum kolo live. (2CD). /digi-pack/


Our best drummers are so different from each other and create such different music that it just makes one happy. And this diversity, it seems, in some paradoxical way results in that the main characters of this concert virtually do not compete with each other – everybody does something own, special indeed.
Domestic price: 488.60UAH, International price: $34.90USD