''Her First Dance'' is an album by pianist

Misha Alperin Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018), usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Tri ...

recorded for

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in July 2006 and released on February 12, 2008. Alperin's trio features

Arkady Shilkloper Arkady Shilkloper (; born 17 October 1956) is a Russian multi-instrumentalist ( horn, alphorn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, didgeridoo, shofar, and others) and composer, currently living in Berlin. He is known as one of the best jazz performe ...

on horns and

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a beautiful recording and perhaps, as idiosyncratic as it is, Alperin's finest moment for ECM yet."Jurek, T
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Mikhail Alperin except as indicated'' # "Vayan" – 6:12 # "Her First Dance" – 5:16 # "A New Day" – 3:23 # "April in February" – 2:39 # "Jump" – 3:24 # "Tiflis" – 6:00 # "Lonely in White" – 4:28 # "Frozen Tears" – 5:25 # "The Russian Song" (Arkady Shilkloper) – 4:31 # "Via Dolorosa" – 7:21

Personnel

Mikhail Alperin Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018), usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Tr ...

– piano *

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*Anja Lechner – cello

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Mikhail Alperin albums 2007 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher