1. Igor Mikhailovich Butman is a Russian jazz saxophonist born in Leningrad, Soviet Union in 1961.
17 Facts About Igor Butman
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Igor Butman is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader.
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Igor Butman was born in Leningrad, USSR on October 27,1961 to a Jewish father and a Russian mother.
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Igor Butman's brother is Oleg Butman, a well known jazz drummer.
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Igor Butman appeared as Grover's special guest in concerts at Chautauqua, New York, the Berklee Center in Boston and at Great Woods Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
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In Boston, Butman led his own group with Rachel Z at Boston's leading Jazz club, The Regattabar, and has been featured soloist with the Billy Taylor Quartet, the Walter Davis Jr.
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Igor Butman appeared on "The Today Show", "Good Morning America" and numerous other international programs.
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When Wynton Marsalis performed in Russia in 1998, he invited Igor Butman to be a guest soloist with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
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Igor Butman has a great feeling for the music and for people and he's phenomenal musician.
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Igor Butman used to be an artistic director of a Moscow jazz venue Le Club since its opening in 1998 until its closure in 2006.
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At the club Igor Butman appeared every Monday with his Big Band and presented the first time in Russia such outstanding musicians as Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis.
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In 2006 Igor Butman started recording his album "Magic Land" based on music from Soviet cartoons and movies featuring Chick Corea on piano, John Patitucci on bass, Randy Brecker on trumpet, Stefon Harris on vibraphone, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.
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In June 2009 Igor Butman launched his own label called Igor Butman Music.
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Igor Butman has performed at every Olympic Games starting with Athens'2004 and he was among those who ensured Russian victory in running for the capital of Winter Games in 2014.
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Igor Butman appeared in the third season of ice show contest Ice Age.
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Igor Butman joined the Russian political party United Russia in 2008 and became a member of its high council.
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In March 2014, Igor Butman joined a host of other Russian arts and cultural figures in signing an open letter of support for Russia's military intervention in Ukraine and the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.