Allegro

Аллегро (Allegro) were a Russian jazz-funk big band that was active for 11 years, staring in 1978. The band debuted with two tracks on the Джаз-78 compilation by Мелодия (Melodiya). Between 1980 and 1986, the band released four studio albums on the label.

Members: Николай Левиновский [Nick Levinovsky] (keyboards), Владимир Коновальцев [Vladimir Konovaltsev] (saxophone, 1978-82), Виктор Двоскин [Victor Dvoskin] (double bass), Алексей Гагарин [Alexey Gagarin] (drums), Юрий Генбачев [Yuri Genbachev] (drums, percussion), Александр Фишер [Alexander Fisher] (trumpet, flugelhorn), Александр Закарян (tenor saxophone), Вячеслав Назаров [Vyacheslav Nazarov] (trombone, 1983-89), Алексей Курочкин [Alexey Kurochkin] (synthesizer), Игорь Бутман [Igor Butman] (saxophone), Евгений Губерман [Yevgeniy Guberman] (drums), Виктор Епанешников [Victor Epaneshnikov] (drums), Сергей Гурбелошвили [Sergei Gurbeloshvili] (saxophone, 1980-83), Станислав Коростелев [Stanislav Korostelev] (drums, 1987-89), Борис Курганов [Boris Kurganov] (saxophone, 1988-89)

• Контрасты (1980)
• В этом мире (In This World) (1982)
• Золотая середина (The Golden Mean) (1985)
• Сфинкс (Sphinx) (1986 • Николай Левиновский, джаз-ансамбль «Аллегро»)