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Simon Nabotov (born 11th January 1959 in Moscow) is a Russian-American pianist, mainly dedicated to jazz and contemporary sounds, he also works as an academic piano teacher. Since 1989 he resides predominantly in Cologne, Germany.

ALBUMS


Simon Nabatov
Agree To Disagree
2025, CD, Album, Fundacja Słuchaj!
Simon Nabatov
Raging Bulgakov
2024, 2xCD, Album, Fundacja Słuchaj!
Michaël Attias & Simon Nabatov
Dream Walks
2024, CD, Album, Fundacja Słuchaj!
Frank Gratkowski & Simon Nabatov
Tender Mercies
2023, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Improvisation
Simon Nabatov
Extensions
2023, CD, Album, Unbroken Sounds
Matthias Schubert, Simon Nabatov
Entanglements
2023, 13xFile, WAV, Album, Acheulian Handaxe, ,
Free Improvisation
Simon Nabatov
No Kharms Done
2022, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Brandon Seabrook - Simon Nabatov
Voluptuaries
2021, CD, Album, Leo Records
Takashi Seo / Darren Moore / Simon Nabatov
Live In Matsuyama
2021, CD, Album, Lao Ban, ,
Free Improvisation
Michaël Attias, Simon Nabatov
Brooklyn Mischiefs
2021, CD, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov
Loves
2021, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Gratkowski* - Nabatov* - Mahnig*
Dance Hall Stories
2020, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Simon Nabatov
Time Labyrinth
2020, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Simon Nabatov With Chris Speed, Herb Robertson, John Hébert*, Tom Rainey
Plain
2020, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Michael Moore (4), Simon Nabatov
Ancient Sorrow
2020, 11xFile, FLAC, Ramboy Recordings, Ramboy Recordings, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Paulo Álvares, Simon Nabatov
Escapades
2020, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Simon Nabatov
Readings - Gileya Revisited
2019, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Simon Nabatov
Readings - Red Cavalry
2019, CD, Album, Leo Records
Jilman Zilman Feat. Simon Nabatov
The Loft Recordings
2018, CD, Album, Edition Collage, GLM Music
Akira Sakata, Simon Nabatov, Takashi Seo, Darren Moore
Not Seeing Is A Flower
2018, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov - Barry Guy - Gerry Hemingway
Luminous
2018, CD, Album, NoBusiness Records, ,
Free Jazz
Simon Nabatov, Park Je-Chun*
Meeting Point
2018, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, RE, Not On Label (Simon Nabatov Self-released)
Simon Nabatov, Park Je-Chun*
Meeting Point
2018, CD, Audioguy Records
Frank Gratkowski - Simon Nabatov
Mirthful Myths
2017, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov - Max Johnson (6) - Michael Sarin
Free Reservoir
2017, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov – Mark Dresser – Dominik Mahnig
Equal Poise
2016, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Gareth Lubbe - Simon Nabatov
Lubatov
2016, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov
Monk 'n' More
2016, CD, Album, Leo Records
Oğuz Büyükberber, Simon Nabatov
Wobbly Strata
2016, CD, Album, TryTone
Gratkowski* / Kruglov* / Nabatov* / Yudanov*
Leo Records 35th Anniversary Moscow
2015, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov, Mark Dresser
Projections
2015, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Luc Houtkamp • Simon Nabatov • Martin Blume
Encounters
2014, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Büyükberber*, Nabatov*, Hemingway*
Live At The Bimhuis 21-9-12
2014, CD, Album, TryTone
Matthias Schubert – Simon Nabatov
Descriptions
2013, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Paul Heller, Simon Nabatov, Ingmar Heller, Adam Nussbaum
Special Edition Vol. 3
2013, CD, Album, Mons Records,
Simon Nabatov
Spinning Songs Of Herbie Nichols
2012, CD, Album, Leo Records
Nabatov*, Wogram*, Rainey*
Nawora
2012, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Nabatov*, Reijseger*, Schubert*
Square Down
2011, CD, Album, Leo Records
Nils Wogram, Simon Nabatov
Moods And Modes
2011, DVDr, DVD-V, PAL, PanRec, Plush Music
Pascal Niggenkemper featuring Simon Nabatov, Gerald Cleaver
Upcoming Hurricane
2011
Gratkowski*, Nabatov*, Schmickler*
Deployment
2010, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov
Roundup
2010, CD, Album, Leo Records
Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov
Moods & Modes
2010, CD, Album, Nwog Records, Nwog Records,
Simon Nabatov
Simon Nabatov Plays Herbie Nichols
2010
Mahall* • Nabatov* • Landfermann* • Lillinger*
Nicht Ohne Robert Vol. 1
2009, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
Gratkowski* – Robertson* – Nabatov* – Manderscheid*
Celebrations
2007, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov – Tom Rainey
Steady Now
2006, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov
Piano Works V - Around Brazil
2006, CD, Album, ACT (4)
Marcin Oleś, Chris Speed, Simon Nabatov, Bartłomiej Brat Oleś*
Walk Songs
2006, CD, Fenommedia
Simon Nabatov – Han Bennink
Chat Room
2003, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov
Perpetuum Immobile
2002, CD, Album, Leo Records
Schlüter*, Nabatov*, Antolini*
Swing Kings
2001, CD, Album, ACT (4)
Simon Nabatov
Shall We Dance?
1999, CD, Album, 2nd Floor Edition
Simon Nabatov
Dancing On The Edge
1990, CD, Album, Klavins Music
Simon Nabatov
Locomotion
1988, CD, Album, ASP Records (5)
Paul Motian / Ed Schuller / Arto Tuncboyaci* / Simon Nabatov
Circle The Line
1988, CD, Album, GM Recordings
Simon Nabatov, Ronan Guilfoyle
Six by Two
1988, LP, Album, Terrace
Nabatov*, String Gang & Percussion
Inside Lookin' Out
1988, Vinyl,
Touria Hadraoui, Simon Nabatov
Concert "live" à Bordeaux
CDr, Promo, Not On Label
Simon Nabatov Quartet Feat. Ralph Alessi
Lovely Music
2024, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Simon Nabatov 3+2
Verbs
2023, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Simon Nabatov Quintet
Last Minute Theory
2019, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Simon Nabatov String Trio
Situations
2018, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Trio
Picking Order
2016, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Simon Nabatov - Nils Wogram*
Jazz Limbo
2007, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Octet
A Few Incidences
2005, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Trio Featuring Ernst Reijseger And Michael Vatcher
Autumn Music
2004, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Trio
Three Stories, One End
2002, CD, Album, ACT (4)
Simon Nabatov Quartet
Nature Morte
2001, CD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Quintet
The Master And Margarita
2001, 2xCD, Album, Leo Records
Simon Nabatov Trio
Assemblage
2025, CD, Album, Fundacja Słuchaj!, Fundacja Słuchaj!, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Fearless Trio
Choose Your Way
2021, CD, Album, Float Music
Fearless Trio
Unusual Solutions
2019, CD, Album, Float Music
Eckard Vossas 4
Conference Of Analogies
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources, ,
Free Improvisation/Abstract/Experimental
Perry Robinson Quartet
Angelology
2006, CD, Album, RE, Phonector
Nils Wogram Quartet
Construction Field
2003, CD, Album, Altrisuoni
Simon Nabatov - Nils Wogram*
Starting A Story
2002, CD, Album, ACT (4)
Simon Nabatov Trio
Sneak Preview
2000, CD, Album, hatOLOGY, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Matthias Schubert Quartet
Momentum
1999, CD, Album, Jazzline
Nils Wogram Quartet
Speed Life
1998, CD, Album, Enja Records
Matthias Schubert Quartet
Blue And Grey Suite
1994, CD, Album, Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann GmbH
Simon Nabatov Trio
Tough Customer
1993, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Simon Nabatov Trio
For All The Marbles Suite
1990, CD, Album, ASP Records (5)
Perry Robinson Quartet
Call To The Stars
1990, CD, Album, West Wind

APPEARANCES +


Simon Nabatov
Solo - A Turn For The Best
2025, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Simon Nabatov
Motivation
2018, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Janning Trumann
Emotional Reality
2020, CD, Album, Tangible Music (3)
Various
20 Jahre Jazzpreis Der Stadt Köln 1998 – 2018
2019, 2xCD, Comp, 2nd Floor Edition, Kulturamt Köln, Jazzstadt Köln, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Fabian Arends / David Helm
Fosterchild
2019
Joscha Oetz
Perfektomat
2015
Michael Gibbs And The NDR Bigband*
Back In The Days
2012, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Nils Wogram
Demo Compilation
2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Nwog Records,
Various
Jazzpreis Der Stadt Köln 1998 - 2008
2009, CD, Album, Comp, 2nd Floor Edition, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
November Music 2007
2007, CD, Comp, November Music, ,
Contemporary/Classical/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Leo Records 25th Anniversary Loft, Koln
2007, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Nils Wogram And The NDR Big Band
Portrait Of A Band
2007, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Big Band
Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov*
The Move
2005, CD, Album, Between The Lines, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Ten Piano Players - Volume One
2005, CD, Album, Greenhouse Music
Various
November Music 2004
2004, CD, Comp, November Music, ,
Musique Concrète/Avantgarde/Experimental
Simon Nabatov Nils Wogram Duo*
As We Don't Know It
2004, CD, Album, Konnex Records
Rolf Liebermann – NDR Big Band*, Rachael Tovey, Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Günter Neuhold
Concerto For Jazz Band And Symphony Orchestra / Medea-Monolog (Cantata) / Furioso For Orchestra
2002, ,
Contemporary
Nils Wogram Sextet, Nils Wogram Octet
Odd And Awkward
2001, 2xCD, Album, Enja Records
Various
Jazz Im Gärtnerplatz 2000
2000, 2xCD, Album, Chaos,
NDR Bigband* feat. Tomasz Stańko, Heinz Sauer
Ellingtonia
1999, CD, Album, ACT (4), ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Nils Wogram
Round Trip
1996, CD, Album, Enja Records,
Various
The Adventure Continues ...
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Enja Records,
Alfred 23 Harth* / QuasarQuartet
POPendingEYE
1993, CD, Album, Free Flow Music Production
Klaus König
The Song Of Songs
1993, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary/Big Band/Gospel/Oratorio/Choral/Vocal
Jazz Baltica Ensemble Directed By David Murray
Jazz Baltica '92 - Live At The Kiel Opera
1993,
Matthias Schubert Quartett*
For Thieves And Lovers
1992, CD, Jazz Network
Ray Anderson
Every One Of Us
1992, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Klaus König Orchestra
At The End Of The Universe - Hommage A Douglas Adams
1991, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
Bründl's Basslab feat. Barry Altschul
Live
1991, CD, Album, West Wind,
Franco Ambrosetti
Music For Symphony And Jazz Band
1991,
Eckard Koltermann & Collage 11
Achtung Wir Senden
1990, CD, Album, kip Records
Klaus König
Times Of Devastation - Music For Orchestra -, Poco A Poco - Music For Septet -
1989, 2xCD, Album, Enja Records
Perry Robinson
„Nightmare Island” Live At The „Leverkusener Jazztage”
1989, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Anatole*
Time Flies
1987
Daniel Schnyder
Winds
CD, Album, Koch Schwann Musica Mundi, ,
Contemporary
Michael Riessler
Comedie, Musique Pour La Chorègraphie D' Odile Duboc
CD, Album, Not On Label,
Nils Wogram
Demo Compilation
DVD-V, Not On Label
Various
2021 Klangwelt Moderne
2000, 2xCD, Comp, 20/21 - Music of Our Time,
Various
Alternate Currents (A Gramavision Sampler)
1996, CD, Smplr, Gramavision,