Virtuoso Jazz in Classical Form: Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now being released by Schott Music for the first time. The present 12th Sonata from the year2001 is technically very demanding. The two -movement work has already been recorded on CD by the composer himself and by Carlo Levi Minzi. For pianists who seek works between modernity and jazz that sound like highly skilled butwell -composed improvisation.