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Alim Nastaev Trio on 1-st Usadba Jazz Competition 2008.
Along with some of the Russian's finest jazz musicians, Alim Nastaev Trio reached the final "1-st Usadba Jazz Competition 2008" in Moscow (June, 12).

Alim Nastaev - guitar
Alexey Zavolokin - bass
Pavel Adjemov - drums


Welcome to our competition gig on USADBA JAZZ 2008





I played trio gig with Alex Zavolokin and Alex Kravtzov in Dubna.
That was a real blast. Band sounded great and public was FANTASTIC!!!




Usadba-Jazz Competition 2008.
Support me on Usadba-Jazz Competition 2008.

Click on image below to listen to my song!

Oleo by Alim Nastaev on Usadba Jazz Competition 2008

Thanks for your voting !!!





Jazz Fest 2008 in Sumy (Ukraine)


Had a great gig with Tanya Balakirski last night in Sumy (Ukraine). We played some of Joni Mitchell songs and I played solo too. There were a lot of people out and they were incredibly polite and attentive. Also I met some great musicians there (see fotos below). Everyone sounded great and it was just a lot of fun.



with great jazz journalist and radio producer Alex Kogan.



with friend and fantastic guitarist Igor Boiko.



with great russian pianist and singer Sergey Manukyan.





Gig with "KAWABATA project" in DUMA club.




Jazz Fest 2008 in Cherkasy (Ukraine)
It was really fun gig with Tanya.

Before the gig, in front of Concert Hall in Cherkashy.




and some gig moment :)



Please, see the report about our gig:

http://uajazz.com/reports/08_cherkasy_jazz_days/index.shtml
Great gig with Tanya Balakirski
It was always my dream to have some experience in duo and solo playing. It is really big challenge for me as for the musician.





MUZENERGO Jazz Fest 2008
It was really great gig!!!
Thanks my fantastic bandmates Alex Zavolokin on bass and Alex Kravtzov on drums.




Some responses about our performance you may find by link below:

Alim Nastaev Trio on MUZENERGO Jazz Fest 2008


MUZENERGO festival of improvisational music
Welcome in great Dubna's jazz festival (February, 24-25).
See EVENTS section for more info.




Also, don't hesitate visit to Alim Nastaev's Guitar Clinic (Feb. 24, TBA). It will be great.



News about upcoming release of my CD
I will be officially releasing my CD " Maybe I Like J.? " in the near future. Below you will see art-work of this CD.






Alim Nastaev on OurStage project
Oleo, by Alim Nastaev on OurStage
Broadjam Jazz TOP 10
"Stone Flower" is now at #1 in the Jazz Top 10 (and #1 in the Jazz-Fusion Top 10)

and

"My Favorite Things" is now at #5 in the Jazz Top 10(and #1 in the Jazz-Contemporary Top 10).

Check out the Jazz Top 10 at Broadjam


http://www.broadjam.com/toptens/
Alim Nastaev as a session guitarist with Timur Rodrigez
As a session guitarist for great russian singer Timur Rodrigez, I took some gigs in Samara and Kazan. It Was Great experience!!!
Rostov International Jazz Festival,16-17 November 2007, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Berklee Summer Guitar Session 2007
I had excellent trip in USA in August. All news little bit later.







Broadjam Top Ten Jazz
Alim currently has four songs in the Top Ten Jazz-Contemporary category at Broadjam. This can be viewed at:

http://www.broadjam.com/toptens/
Jazz Competition in Romania
Along with some of the world's finest young jazz musicians Alim Nastaev Trio reached the semifinals "Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2007" in Romania (5-14 May).