Prominent guitar virtuoso and producer Roman Miroshnichenko presents his new material «Roman Miroshnichenko plays Stas Namin». The new album was out in July 2023 and will include Roman's original arrangements of 6 selected pieces and melodies composed by a Soviet and Russian composer and producer Stas Namin, who's mostly known as the leader of the popular Soviet music group Tsvety.
«Roman Miroshnichenko plays Stas Namin»featuring such renowned musicians as 6-time Grammy award winning guitarist Mike Stern, Grammy award winning violinist Charlie Bisharat, The Guitar Queen - Jennifer Batten, London Symphony Orchestra (recorded at Abbey Road Studio), Dominique DiPiazza (ex-John Mclaughlin trio), Henrik Andersen, Frank Colón (Manhattan Transfer), Gumbi Ortiz from the Al Di Meola band, Djivan Gasparyan along with soloists from the Vladimir String orchestra.
Building on the successful formula that birthed Roman’s previous albums, the band returned to the studio with the same team of award winning band members from his regular trio with electric bassist Oleg Kanakov and drummer Val Chernoók.
When one listens to the powerful guitar playing of Roman Miroschnichenko, it is easy to be reminded of Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin during his Mahavishnu period, but it soon becomes apparent that Miroschnichenko has his own fusion sound, setting the standard for XXI century fusion guitar. While he is never shy to cut loose, he also uses subtlety, mood variations and creativity throughout, mixing together tight arrangements with pure spontaneity.
credits
released July 12, 2023
Roman Miroshnichenko — acoustic and electric guitars, darbuka, cajon, shaker
Val Chernoók — drums
Oleg Kanakov — bass guitars, keyboards, samples
Mike Stern — electric guitar (5)
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lee Reynolds (6)
Jennifer Batten — electric guitar (4)
Charlie Bisharat — violin (1)
Djivan Gasparyan — duduk (2, 3))
Dominique Di Piazza — electric bass (4)
Gumbi Ortiz — congas, djembe, guiro, back vocals (1, 5)
Frank Colón — timbales, chaims (1, 5)
Henrik Andersen — konnakol (1)
Yitzhak Sinwani— shofar (2)
Yandro Macias — keyboards (5)
Masai Africans — choir (5)
Artists of the Stas Namin Theater – back vocals (2, 5)
Natalia Yashina — background voice (4)
Vladimir String Orchestra soloists (1):
Violin — Andrei Shevlyakov
Violin — Igor Staroverov
Viola — Anastasia Lempert
Cello — Alexander Ananskiy
Original melodies composed by Stas Namin, alteration by Roman Miroshnichenko
Arranged by Roman Miroshnichenko
Produced by Roman Miroshnichenko and Stas Namin
Track #1 string arrangement by Andrei Shevlyakov and Roman Miroshnichenko
Track #6 symphony orchestra score by Alexander Slizunov
Recorded in studios: Abbey Road Studio, London, Vladimir Philharmonic Hall and Moscow (Russia), New York, Los-Angeles, St. Petersburg, Florida and Portland (USA), Paris (France), Kenia (Africa), Budapest (Hungary), Copenhagen (Denmark), Veldhoven (Netherlands), and Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
Mixed by Roman Miroshnichenko
Strings recording engineer: Anton Varlamov (1)
Back vocals engineer: Igor Klimenkov (2, 5)
Mastered by Jan Grimm
Roman Miroshnichenko uses: Wechter Florentine custom-made guitar, Ovation Custom Legend acoustic guitar, Jerónimo Pérez custom made signature flamenco guitar, Saiko Yasuyuki (斉藤安行) vintage flamenco custom made guitar, Paul Reed Smith private stock electric guitars, AXE I/O, T-Racks S5, Amplitube 4 by IK Multimedia, Roland VG88, D’Addario strings, cables and extra heavy signature picks.
Cover design by Angelina Ryazapova, art by Stas Namin
After receiving a total of 50 nominations with 24 wins in multiple international music contests and awards, Roman is a
leading guitarist in the new generation of jazz-fusion. He has collaborated with the greatest musicians of all time: Steve Vai, Al Di Meola, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Jennifer Batten, Trilok Gurtu, Marco Mendoza, Paul Wertico, Gary Husband, Trilok Gurtu, Stu Hamm to name a few....more
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