Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy- Masters of the Guitar, Vol. 6 - Soviet Union (CD) The Tonic It stands as a hard-bop

It stands as a hard-bop benchmark - a summation of the styles that came before it's creation

Sweden and mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios

The work is performed by an ambitious Monk septet that includes both Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane on tenor sax - and if you've ever doubted the brilliance of Hawk

we had been in the studio working on songs

Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy- Masters of the Guitar, Vol. 6 - Soviet Union (CD) The Tonic It stands as a hard-bopRussian musical and artistic world has always been a world a part of not easy understanding for the ones who were not Russian. It is between East and West and always on the edge of these sides and It has always been the birthplace of incredible musical talents who did not have a peaceful and easy life outside their homeland. Even classic guitar during XX Century has many incredible talents from Russia as for instance Aleksandr Mikhailovich Ivanov