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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CD/LP/Track Review

The Day After by David A. Orthmann
Over and Out by Hrayr Attarian

Live Reviews

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

CD/LP/Track Review

The Composers by David A. Orthmann
Down With It by David A. Orthmann

”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

”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 making inroads to becoming a premier performer on his instrument. On his fourth CDs as a leader, The Composers on Sharp Nine, you can clearly hear a distinction with a difference, illustrating his personal voice and solid chops. Baevsky displays a purposed kind of earthy soul that reflects his heritage. In an understated way, Baevsky is defining his sound on his own terms, moving away from obvious influences.” HOT HOUSE JAZZ.

“Baevsky's interpretation of the music is a pure celebration, and the memory of the disc's final track lingers long after the last note fades” ALL ABOUT JAZZ

“On Down With It Baevsky, who has fingers galore and uses them to spin out long complex lines, tears through nine cuts with his regular rhythm section of pianist Jeb Patton, bassist David Wong and drummer Jason Brown. (...) He masterfully takes elements from Thelonious Monk’s “We See” and uses them as point of departure to create a solo that says much... The resulting quintet swings its tail off.” DOWNBEAT.

“More than most of today's alto saxophonists, Baevsky consciously shapes his sound, varying dynamics as well as patterns, utilizing his horn's lower register as well as its higher for emphasis - note the crinkled low notes injected into his bop runs on “Down With It” - and displaying tones and timbres subtly adjusted to fit the individual selections.” HOT HOUSE JAZZ.

“He's an extremely soulful player with excellent technique and a special sense of quiet confidence, which is much in evidence on this immensely enjoyable album. (...) The best straight-ahead record in ages. We'll hear much more of Mr Baevsky.” JAZZWISE.

“Baevsky stamps his identity on virtually everything here with his silken yet tightly controlled tone” JAZZTIMES.

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