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Dmitry Baevsky

Dmitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He started piano lessons at six and discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a teenager, when he picked up an alto saxophone. In 1991, he entered the Mussorgsky College of Music in St-Petersburg and studied with the brilliant Russian jazz saxophonist Gennady Goldstein. Throughout the nineties, Dmitry Baevsky appeared in many jazz venues and international festivals throughout Russia. In addition, he participated and was awarded prize places in several jazz and classical competitions. Upon his arrival in New York in 1996, he was accepted to the Jazz Department at the New School University on a full scholarship. After finishing college, Baevsky stayed in New York and remained busy working within the local New York jazz community. In 2005, he released his first CD as a leader “Introducing Dmitry Baevsky” (Lineage Records). The album features such masters as Cedar Walton, Jimmy Cobb and John Webber.

Since then, Baevsky performed and/or recorded with musicians such as Peter Washington, Willie Jones III , Harry Allen, Peter Bernstein, Cedar Walton, Junior Mance, Dennis Irwin, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Williams, Joe Magnarelli, David Wong …

In 2009, he recorded “Some Other Spring” (Rideau Rouge | Harmonia Mundi) while on tour with great guitarist Joe Cohn.

In September 2010, the label Sharp Nine Records released “Down with It”, an album featuring trumpet player Jeremy Pelt as well as Dmitry’s current quartet members Jeb Patton (p), David Wong (b) and Jason Brown (dr).

His latest release on Sharp Nine Records, called “The Composers”, came out in 2012 and features David Hazeltine on piano, John Webber on bass, Jason Brown on drums as well as the great guitarist Peter Bernstein on three tracks.

In the last several years, Dmitry apperaed in various venues in Europe and USA, among which : Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC), Rochester International Jazz Festival (USA), Duc des Lombards and Sunside Jazzclub (Paris), Jazz Showcase (Chicago), Kitano (NYC), Festival les Rencontres du Saxophone (France), Marciac Jazz Festival (France), Gouvy Jazz Festival (Belgium), Istanbul Jazz Center (Turkey)...

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Dmitry Baevsky: Kids' Time

Read "Kids' Time" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Dmitry Baevsky is a jazzman in his middle years, a period when many players consolidate youthful influences and put their stamp on the rarefied practices of the mid- to-late 20th century. The alto saxophonist has recorded for several labels, and travels widely as a leader and sideman; to his credit, he continues to give the impression of a work in progress. While Baevsky seldom strays very far from a specific set of stylistic parameters, namely bebop, he does not coast, ...

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Dmitry Baevsky: Soundtrack

Read "Soundtrack" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


A collection of songs, some of which are likely to be included in aficionados' play lists; interpretations that don't stray very far off the beaten path; and a band of players who share a vision of how the material should be handled. It's the recipe for many recordings—past, present and future— within the mainstream of jazz. So, why does alto saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky's Soundtrack, an entry that readily fits this pattern, stand out from the crowd? In ...

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The New York - Paris Reunion Quintet: Live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club, Basel

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Many of us dearly miss those life-affirming nights in jazz clubs when a band can do no wrong, blowing as if there's no tomorrow, and temporarily washing away the workaday realities of existence. The New York-Paris Reunion Quintet's Live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club, Basel takes some of the yearning and emptiness out of waiting for the resumption of public performances. While there's no substitute for sitting a few feet away from the action, drink in hand, absorbing the ...

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Dmitry Baevsky / Jeb Patton: We Two

Read "We Two" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Alto saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky and pianist Jeb Patton constitute a crackerjack, precision jazz instrument, stretching and bending the fundamentals of bebop into full-blown statements that render the absence of a bassist and drummer superfluous. The individual heroics that one expects of bop are in evidence, but it's the ways in which the duo maneuvers as a unit that really matters. Baevsky and Patton are middle-aged jazzmen with a wealth of experience working in bands, together and separately, all over the ...

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Dmitry Baevsky: The Day After

Read "The Day After" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Imagine a group that, in large measure, references the bebop revolution of nearly seventy-five years ago, yet steers clear of the pitfalls of nostalgia, hero worship, and blatant imitation, and ultimately wins the day with an adroit blend of teamwork and compelling individual voices. For those who believe that nothing good can come from contemporary players choosing to work an all-too-familiar vein of the jazz tradition, I suggest a visit with Dmitry Baevsky's band. Over the past several years, the ...

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Dmitry Baevsky: Over and Out

Read "Over and Out" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


New York based saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky's fourth release as a leaderOver and Out finds the St Petersburg native in a spare setting backed only by bass and drums. With his alto's warm, organic tone in the spotlight, Baevsky interprets a mixture of his originals and standards with intense lyricism and confident and mature bravado. Baevsky endows pianist Cedar Walton's “Turquoise" with an eastern mysticism as his warm, languid saxophone meanders fantastically around the main theme. His clever improvisation ...

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Live Review

Dmitry Baevsky Quartet: New York, NY April 22, 2012

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Dmitry Baevsky QuartetSmalls Jazz ClubNew York, NYApril 22, 2012Going out to hear live jazz is seldom as easy as finding a suitable place, plunking down some hard-earned cash, and then simply taking in the sounds. Befitting a music that once thrived in dance halls, sporting houses and other places where art for art's sake wasn't a priority, there are extra-musical distractions to be tolerated--such as food and drink being ordered, served and consumed; the tittering ...

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Recording

Dmitry Baevsky "Down With It" (Sharp Nine Records)

Dmitry Baevsky "Down With It" (Sharp Nine Records)

Source: Marina Chassé

Sharp Nine is pleased to add the formidable young altoist Dmitry Baevsky to its roster of hard- hitting, straight-ahead artists. The St. Petersburg native has been honing his craft in New York for more than a decade and the results are here for all to enjoy. With a crack young rhythm section of Jeb Patton, David Wong and Jason Brown—and joined by trumpet phenom Jeremy Pelt on four tunes—Baevsky presents a killer program that features Monk's “We See," Bud Powell's ...

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Performance / Tour

Dmitry Baevsky, Jeb Patton, John Webber and Joe Strasser at Kitano, NYC

Dmitry Baevsky, Jeb Patton, John Webber and Joe Strasser at Kitano, NYC

Source: Michael Ricci

Dmitry Baevsky Quartet at the Kitano (NYC) on May 5th at 8pm & 10pm The Kitano is located 66 Park Avenue at East 38th Street, New York City 10016 Dmitry Baevsky (alto sax) Jeb Patton (piano) John Webber (bass) and Joe Strasser (dms) NO cover charge, just a $15.00 minimum (they serve great food both American and Japanese). About Dmitry Baevsky mitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a ...

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Dmitry Baevsky Quartet at Dizzy's Club, October 27-31

Dmitry Baevsky Quartet at Dizzy's Club, October 27-31

Source: Michael Ricci

After-hours at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. Dmitry Baevsky Quartet is: Dmitry Baevsky (alto sax) Jeb Patton (piano) David Wong (bass) Peter Van Nostrand (drums) Tuesday-Thursday: 11:00pm Friday & Saturday: 12:30am About Dmitry Baevsky Dmitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a teenager, when he picked up an alto saxophone. In 1991, Baevsky entered the Mussorgsky College ...

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Event

Dmitry Baevsky at Smalls Jazz Club Tonight

Dmitry Baevsky at Smalls Jazz Club Tonight

Source: All About Jazz

Dmitry Baevsky 4tet will be at Smalls tonight Dmitry Baevsky - Alto Sax Jeb Patton - Piano Clovis Nicolas - Bass Joe Strasser - Drums 12:00 & 1:30 AM 183 West 10th street @ 7th Ave New York City About Dmitry Baevsky Dmitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a teenager, when he picked up an alto ...

"Dmitry is an important new voice, distilling the jazz tradition to produce a thoughtful, probing here-and-now feel." Marc Myers, JAZZWAX

"Dmitry Baevsky is a mind-blower, a major new alto saxophonist. Lots of jazz musicians can play fast (though perhaps not this fast), but Baevsky, as he rockets by, does some unusual things. First, ideas pour out of him in exhilarating extravagance, as if from a bottomless well of creativity or a perpetual-motion music machine. Second, despite their velocity, Baevsky's improvisations deeply cohere. Third, he makes balls-to-thewall bop into something pretty. It is a rare feat. Baevsky's instrumental sound has sheen, and he loves the alto's lower register." STEREOPHILE.

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Concerts

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Kids' Time

Fresh Sound New Talent
2022

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Soundtrack

Fresh Sound Records
2021

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We Two

Jazz & People
2018

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The Day After

Jazz Family
2017

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Over and Out

Bluejazz
2015

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