Vladimir Shafranov meets Harry Allen - Dear Old Stockholm / 2LP Venus Records

Born in Leningrad in 1948, jazz pianist Vladimir Shafranov began playing the piano and violin at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory at the tender age of four. In 1973, he moved to Israel and a few years later to Helsinki,

where he became a Finnish citizen. In 1983, he moved to New York, where he played with many of the best jazz musicians, including Art Farmer, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, George Coleman, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and

Al Foster. He has lived on the Åland Islands since 1998 and tours Japan regularly. His recordings for Venus Records enjoy cult status, as does the summit meeting with American tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, recorded on

July 3 and 4, 2016, at OAL Studio in Stockholm, Sweden – a “Nordic encounter” in a class of its own, with Shafranov's musical companions Hans Backenroth (bass) and Bengt Stark.

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Title

LP 1

Side A
1.    Dear Old Stockholm - 1
2.    Left Alone
3.    Cry Me A River
4.    Close Enough For Love

Side B
1.    Just One More Chance
2.    Beautiful Love
3.    Round Midnight
4.    Besame Mucho

LP 2

Side C
1.    Just In Time
2.    Moon And Sand
3.    If You Never Come To Me

Side D
1.    So In Love
2.    What A Wonderful World
3.    You Must Believe In Spring
4.    Dear Old Stockholm - 2