Aleksei Kozlov (musician)

{{short description|Russian composer and saxophonist}}

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Alexei Semenovich Kozlov (sometimes given as Aleksey Kozlov or, in his own transliteration, as Alexey Kozlov, {{langx|ru|Алексей Семёнович Козлов}}; born 13 October 1935 in Moscow) is a Russian saxophonist. He was part of the first group of prominent Soviet-era Russian jazz musicians which emerged during the 1960s. He founded the band {{Interlanguage link multi|Arsenal (jazz band)|ru|3=Арсенал (группа)|lt=Arsenal}}, which is considered the preeminent Jazz-rock fusion ensemble in Russia.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HzUYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alexey+Kozlov%22+%22jazz%22|title=Russian Jazz: New Identity|page=73|publisher=Quartet Books|year=1985|author=Leo Feigin|isbn=9780704325067}}{{cite web|title=Biography of Alexy Kozlov |url=http://www.biograph.ru/bank/kozlov.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228180152/http://www.biograph.ru/bank/kozlov.htm |archivedate=December 28, 2007 }}