Vladimir Shafranov
{{Short description|Russian-born jazz pianist}}
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Vladimir Shafranov (born 1947 in Leningrad) is a Russian-born jazz pianist living on the Åland Islands.https://jazzinfo.org/artist/vladimir-shafranov He started playing piano and violin at age 4, at the Rimsky-Korsakov conservatory. In 1973 he moved to Israel. After a few years he moved to Helsinki and is since 1980 a Finnish citizen. In 1983 he moved to New York where he played with many of the top players, such as Art Farmer, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, George Coleman, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Al Foster. Since 1998 he has lived on the Åland Islands, touring regularly in Japan.https://jazzinfo.org/artist/vladimir-shafranov He has recorded several albums for Atelier Sawanohttps://www.jazz-sawano.com/collections/vladimir-shafranov and Venus Records.
Discography
- Live at Groovy (1981)
- White Nights (1992) with George Mraz & Al Foster
= On Atelier Sawano =
- Movin' Vova (2000)
- Portrait in Music (2002)
- Russian Lullaby (2003)
- Kids Are Pretty People (2005)
- New York Revisited (2006)
- Easy to Love (2007)
- I'll Close My Eyes (2010)
= On Venus Records =
- Whisper Not (2012){{cite web |title=Whisper Not |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1077.html |website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}
- From Russia With Love (2015){{cite web |title=From Russia With Love |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1173.html |website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}
- Dear Old Stockholm (2016){{cite web |title=Dear Old Stockholm |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1207.html |website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}
- The Way You Look Tonight (2019){{cite web |title=The Way You Look Tonight |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1265.html |website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}
- Moonlight Becomes You (2020){{cite web |title=Moonlight Becomes You |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1289.html |website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}
- How High the Moon (2020){{cite web |title=How High the Moon |url=https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1173.html
|website=Venus Records |access-date=1 February 2025}}