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Harmonica_Boris

About Me

I was born in 1984, July 29, Ekaterinburg, Russia. I start to play harmonica at age of 16. I play both diatonic and chromatic, but prefer diatonic. I customize harmonicas for myself, and use overblow technique and chromatic possibilities of diatonic harmonica. Sometimes I use a lot of stompboxes to allow harp to sound like a guitar or organ or any strange sound
I play with Vitaly Vladimirov jazz big band and his quintet Life-X. Also member of jazz-country-blues-swing band Cross Country and latino-jazz-rock-hip-hop band Vinnebago.
I'm the ex-member of art-hop band Etalobster .
I’m master of biology, postgraduate student now. I want to become all-time professional musician after finishing my Ph.D.
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Играю на гармонике. Родился и живу в городе Екатеринбурге. Впервые взял в руки инструмент в 2000 году в возрасте 16 лет. Начал заниматься музыкой в арт-рок-трип-хоп группе "Эталобстер"(http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Etalobster ) в которой участвовал до конца 2007 года. Играю как на диатонической, так и на хроматической губных гармониках, предпочитая первую. Использую технику овербендинга и хроматические возможности диатонической гармоники. Играю джаз, блюз, рок, и различные экпериментальные направления в музыке. Часто использую электронные эффекты для гармоники.
На сегодняшний день - солист джазового биг-бенда училища им. Чайковского под управлением В.Владимирова (http://vitatrombone.com/), участник джаз-квинтета "Life-X" (Виталий Владимиров - тромбон, Игнат Кравцов - ударные, Денис Галушко - фортепиано) и джаз-рэп группы "Виннебаго". С 2003 года преподаю игру на губной гармонике, кастумизирую и ремонтирую инструменты. Несмотря на активную музыкальную жизнь окончил магистратуру биологического факультета Уральского государственного университета и продолжаю обучение в аспирантуре.
Принимал участие в совместных концертах с американским блюзовым исполнителем Ларри Ховардом, гитаристом Александром Шаньгиным, группами «Блюз докторз» и «Do_Up». Выступал на 6 и 9 1/5, 10 Московских фестивалях губной гармоники. На 3-ем Международном джазовом фестивале "Zaural Jazz - 2008" награжден дипломом "за мастерство и профессионализм".
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Arkady Klein - violin Boris Plotnikov - diatonic harmonica (customized golden melody in Bb), Vitaly Vladimirov - conductor and arranger, Denis Galushko - piano, Alexey Bykov - bass, Ignat Kravtsov - drums.
Sweet Memories - ballade somposed by our bassist Alexey Bykov. Boris Plotnikov - chromatic harmonica, Life-X trio: Denis Galushko - piano, Alexey Bykov - bass, composer, Ignat Kravtsov - drums.
Just improvising at webcam.
Polka Dots And Moonbeams. Vitaly Vladimirov (trombone, arrange) and his big-band. Chromatic harmonica - Boris Plotnikov.
Black Orpheus - jazz jamming at 9 1/2 Moscow harmonica festival. Diatonic harmonica - Boris Plotnikov. Alexander Staroverov on guitar. Unfortunately i don't know the bass player's and drummer's names. Video by Amigo.
Jazz jamming at 10 Moscow Harmonica Festival. Camera by Ramtl, editing by Dmitry Gorshkov. Boris Plotnikov - diatonic harmonica, Alexandr Staroverov - guitar, Roman Grinev - bass, Anton Dashkin - drums.
Jamming at 10 Moscow Harmonica Festival. Camera by Ramtl, editing by Dmitry Gorshkov. Boris Plotnikov - chromatic harmonica, Alexandr Staroverov - guitar, Roman Grinev - bass, Anton Dashkin - drums

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/08/2007
Band Website: http://myspace.com/harmonicaboris
Band Members: Life-X
Vitaly Vladimirov – trombone, arrange
Ignat Kravtsov – drums
Denis Galushko – piano
Boris Plotnikov – harmonica

Vinnebago
Sergey Cherepanov aka DIEZ - lyrics, hip-hop
Boris Plotnikov – harmonica
Anton Zubarev – piano
Vladimir Lisyih – drums
Bogdan Sarasek – bass

Influences: My main harmonica influences are: Jason Ricci, Howard Levy, John Popper and Richard Hunter.

My favourite soloists are John Coltrane and Chet Baker so different in expression but both equally deep and tragic and genious.

More favourite music at all: Miles Davis, The Thing, Archie Shepp, Charlie Parker, Steve Coleman, Mats Gustaffson, Peter Brotzman, Hazmat Modine, Tom Waits, Sainho, Red Snapper, Arcana, B.L.U.E, Bobby McFerrin, Kruzenshtern i parohod, David Sylvian, Archie Shepp, Cassandra Wilson, Charlie Parker, Erik Truffaz, Free Fall, Medeski Martin And Wood, Wibutee, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lee Oscar, Steve Baker, Sugar Blue, Peter Wettre, Stanton Moore and a lot of others...

I love great groove, great swing, free playing with squeezing and screaming sax (looking for the way to play harmonica like this).

I recommend to buy harmonicas and other harp stuff at coast2coastmusic!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

new music

Look at new song Bossa by my new band Winnebago. It's mix of bossa-nova and hip-hop.
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:29:00 GMT

brand new fireball and 1847

Last week I recieved Audix Fireball V and Seydel 1847 from coast2coastmusic.comI bought audix with impedance transformer. I can say that only in year of use all advantages and disadvantages will becom...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Life-X

Yesterday I play my first gig with Life-X jazz quintet: trombone, harmonica, drums, bass, piano. Played Oleo, Sweet Georgia Brown, Masquerade, ballade written by bass player. It's great!
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:57:00 GMT

Bloggin’

Hi to all!Blogs is very interesting thing to write. A lot of different thing s is goin' on. I have the blog in russian. Unfortunately, I' m not so good in English to think in English and to write fa st a...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:11:00 GMT