ALBUMReflections (feat. Alex Sipiagin, David Kikoski, Kenny Davis & Jeff "Tain" Watts)Conrad Herwig & IGOR BUTMAN
ALBUMThe Song That Sings You HereChris McNulty, Ugonna Okegwo, Marcus Gilmore, Paul Bollenback, Andrei Kondokov, Graham Wood, IGOR BUTMAN & Anita Wardell
ALBUMNostalgieIGOR BUTMAN
ALBUMMoondanceMaria Tarasevich & IGOR BUTMAN
ALBUMMagic Land (feat. Randy Brecker, Stefon Harris, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette & John Patitucci)IGOR BUTMAN
ALBUMJam Session, Vol. 12IGOR BUTMAN, Larry Schneider & Rich Perry
ALBUMRaykhelson: Jazz Suite - Little Symphony in G Minor - Reflections - AdagioMoscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet, Elena Revich & IGOR BUTMAN
ALBUMFalling OutIGOR BUTMAN
Artist Biography
Igor Butman studied clarinet as a child in Russia, but switched to alto saxophone at the Mussorgsky School of Music in the mid- to-late 1970s. Butman again switched instruments, finding his true metier, when he took up tenor saxophone in Nikolai Levinovsky’s band, Allegro. He was offered a two-year scholarship to Berklee School Of Music in 1987, where he led his own band, one which included fellow student Rachel Z. After graduating he relocated to New York, where he played with Grover Washington Jr., recording THEN AND NOW. He became notorious for recruiting star-studded tours of his country, ones which have included John Abercrombie, Cindy Blackman, Joe Locke, and Adam Nussbaum. Butman has also played and recorded with classical violinist Yuri Bashmet and his Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra.