Nikolai Kapustin performing with Oleg Lundstrem

[largolegato]

the trumpet guy looks a bit like Shoty

[largolegato]

he smiles around 1:00. love that~~

[YourAverageJoey]

No religion, no class distinction, no national borders, NO SOCIAL BARRIER can withstand the appeal of Jazz. It truly is international.

[TheMoritati]

@YourAverageJoey I knew a guy who sat next to Shostakovich in San Francisco during a jazz concert. He said he cried the whole time, and told him it was because of the 'amazing freedom' of the music.

[largolegato]

@TheMoritati !! Really!? What else did he tell you?

[TheMoritati]

@largolegato Really I think that was it. I barely knew who Shostakovich was when I was told this story; I was just principle clarinet of a high school band at the time. Concert pianist now...I guess I know better these days, haha.

[letsfellows]

не знала раньше,что лундстрем играл с капустиным,хэлл йе

[stephenjoeagi]

Fantastic

[MultiN007]

супер!

[quickmoth]

Bravo!!!

[78625amginE]

Yeah thanks for posting this!  So amazing to see Kapustin!

[fediya]

I remember the band and the pianist Kapustin very well, although it must be some quite some time ago, around early sixties. Willis Conover once had Dizzy Gillespie as a guest on Music USA Jazz Hour and had played Oleg Lundstrem's big band's recordings blindfolded. Dizzy said it was authentic jazz of the highest quality.

[yMew88]

I remember them playing on this program - little did I know at the time (I was not even a teenager!) how good they were!!

[kravtsovaccordion]

Damn, that was a great Big-Band!

[chesare2]

Thank you very much for this very very rare footage!! Who would have imagined this modest guy would become one of the best composers of his era??!!

[breinie17xq]

Excellent! Real fun to see Kapustin improvising a bluesy solo! :)

[michieldpiano]

sooo nice to see this video of Kapustin in his younger years!!!

[jre58591]

thanks for the video!