Leonid Utyosov (real name is Lazarus ( Lazer ) I. Vaysbeyn , March 23, 1895 March 9, 1982 ), entertainer , singer and actor, People's Artist of USSR . One of the founders of Soviet jazz .
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Lazarus Vaysbeyn rodilsya21 March 1895 in Odessse in a large family of small businessmen.
(according to other Odessa port forwarding ), Osip (Joseph) and Kalmanovich Vaysbeyna Moiseevna Malki ,
nee Granik . He studied at the Odessa Commercial School Faig (he was expelled , according to different versions ,
for a / fight with a teacher of mathematics , b / beating a teacher of God's law ( Orthodox priest ) .
parallel taking violin lessons .
Some time served traveling circus wrestler IL Borodanova as a gymnast .
In 1912on settled in Kremenchug theater of miniatures, at the same time began to appear under the name of Leonid Rocks.
in 1913. enrolled in the company of Odessa KG Rozanov, before the 1917 revolutionplayed in some theaters , such as the Grand Richelieu ,
Small Richelieu , Kherson theater of miniatures, miniature mosaic mobile theater .
In 1917, the Rocks won the competition kupletistov in Gomel. In the same year came to Moscow , where he appeared in the capital's Hermitage garden .
In 1919,Cliffs first starred in a movie , playing a lawyer in the film Zarudny Lieutenant Schmidt 's freedom fighter .
In the 1920s, continued to perform on stage and play in different theaters of Moscow, Leningrad ( where he moved in 1922) and Riga.
and continued his cinematic career .
In 1922 in Paris ( where he and his wife and daughter had been as a tourist ) Cliffs heard the American Jazz Orchestra Ted Lewis ,
which struck him that he then called the Cliffs of theatricality .On his return to Leningrad, he created his own Tea-jazz ,
whose first performance took place on 8 marta1929 on the stage of the Leningrad Maly Opera Theater. The success was considerable,
and from that moment Cliffs actually changed career , becoming a leader (the first year , along with James Skomorovsky ) Jazz Orchestra .
The Utesova performed western hits and specially written songs and instrumental songs.
Last gradually occupied the main place in the programs of the orchestra Utjosov.
a major role in the formation of Utesova as a musician and actor has played his personal and artistic friendship with the composer Igor O.Dunayevsky ,
wrote for Tea- jazz, in particular , jazz rhapsodies - treatment of Russian, Ukrainian and Jewish songs ,
as well as many songs on poems by contemporary Soviet poets.
In 1934, the film was released with Utyosov Funny Guys starring and with his orchestra.
( the music for the film , wrote Dunaevsky , lyrics Lebedev -Kumach ). The film's success brought Utyosov immense popularity and fame by Sway country.
During the war, Leonid Rocks many times went to the front and spoke to the soldiers. Many times during these trips.
he found himself in dangerous situations, under the bombing.
After the war, Cliffs and his Orchestra continued to travel a lot around the country, recorded on the plate, to speak on radio and later on television.
In recent years, Leonid Osipovich and orchestra did not speak ( except, perhaps, that individual when he performs 1-2 songs).
Rocks died March 9, 1982 in Moscow .He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery capital .
In 1982 Triangle Lane in Odessa , where he was born and lived Cliffs , renamed the street Utjosov.
Life is dedicated to the Russian TV series Utesova Rocks. Song of a lifetime (2005).
Unfortunately, it is replete with inaccuracies and anachronisms and outright fabrications.
At the railway station in Odessa, departure and arrival of trains has branded the song has ' the Black Sea.
from the repertoire of Utesov (music by Modest Tabachnikova , cl . Kirsanov Semen ).
Russian postage stamp of a series of popular Russian pop singers dedicated to Leonid Utyosov .
( a shot from Jolly Fellows ).
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