Classical virtuoso jazz: Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. His piano sonatas will bereleased for the first time by Schott Music. The present 12th Sonata from 2001 is technically very demanding. The two-movement work has already been recorded on CD by the composer himself and Carlo Levi Minzi. For pianists who are looking for works between modern and jazz that sound like highly skilled but well-composed improvisation.