Oleg Maximov is a professional musician, a guitar player, an arranger, a music transcription and notation specialist.
He has studied several different styles of guitar playing, from swing and big-band era jazz to bebop, modern jazz, and fusion. He has also studied blues, pop and classical music. His musical training also included studying composition, arranging, harmony and audio engineering. He has studied with some of the top Russian teachers, whose students also included Grammy-winning trumpeter Alex Sipiagin and the Mingus Big-Band bassist, Boris Kozlov.
For the past several years Oleg has worked professionally as a guitarist in a variety of bands and orchestras in Moscow. He has participated and became a laureate in several music competitions in Russia, such as "Gnesin-Jazz," "Piano in Jazz," "The Many Faces of Guitar", "Guitar Virtuosos" and some others.
This is my author arrangement of a famous jazz standard Song For My Father by Horace Silver recorded live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021.
On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
It's a blues tune dedicated to my guitar teacher at Moscow State College of Jazz - Michael (Mukuch) Sudzhian, recorded live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021. When I was doing my second year at college I took part in a competition called "Many-faced Guitar". After passing into 3rd round I had to play a solo over blues. But the case was to grab a card with randomly written key, time signature and tempo. I've received a card with B major, 6/8, fast tempo. Of course, I screwed it up that time! But years go by, and now B major starting to be more comfortable key to play.
On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
This is my author arrangement of a tune Recorda-Me by Joe Henderson played live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021.
On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
This is my author arrangement of a famous jazz standard On Green Dolphin Street by Bronisław Kaper recorded live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021.
On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
Following Jazzmashin - it's a piece of music dedicated to Russian jazz musician and a huge fan of running - Alexander Mashin. One day Sasha proposed to carry out into nothingness a terrible year of 2020 by running a marathon distance on 31st of December. Of course, I've immediatley jumped into that adventure! During the first half of a distance it was raining. Than a temperature fall bellow 0 degrees Celsius, and everything what wasn't covered with snow, was covered with ice. We were running through Moscow, and somewhere after 30th kilometer I was completely out of energy. It was incredibly difficult, and I dreamt to stop hundred times. But Sasha was running a couple of meters ahead, and following jazzmashin I finally finished the distance!
This is my author piece of music recorded live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021. On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
This is my author arrangement of a famous ballad My Funny Valentine by Richard Rodgers played live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021.
On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
Runner's High - it's a state of the body accompanied by feelings of euphoria. Marathon runners know that drugged-like state after a long distance run. And that's perfectly legal!
This is my author piece of music recorded live in the bar O.W.Grant on 14th of march 2021. On the bandstand with me:
— Anton Svetlichny - piano
— Oleg Solomko - bass guitar
— Kirill Zinoviev - drums
— Andrey Pilipenko - sound
— Egor Yurchenko - video
Mar De Pasiones is a song by Peruvian composer Natico Linares that tells about passion. The author himself has contacted Alexandra and me and we're proud to present our rendition of the song. Enjoy the music, and love with passion!
Musica Em Casa — Jingle Bell Rock
Joint transcontinental big-band Musica Em Casa sincerely congratulates you and wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
When dealing with Brazilian musicians there definitely would be a moment when they will try to deep dive you into their native music. That moment came on a previous week when Macio of the «Musica Em Casa» project suggested to perform a piece called «Saigon» of Brazilian singer.
And here is a video of how we perform this piece of music.
