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Leyzer Vaysbeyn AKA Leonid Utyosov (1895 - 1982)
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In a country where jazz was declared foreign, western influence, he managed to not only establish, but to also preserve for many years to come, the first of the Soviet jazz. Similarly, although not a literary figure, he managed to write amazing poetry and published three books in prose.
People who knew Utyosov closely, always remarked on his bright charismatic personality, as they raised him to the title one of the wittiest people of his epoch.
Leonid Utyosov was born in 1895, in Odessa, to a middle-class Jewish family.
In 1911, he became an actor in a provincial theater.
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His real last name was originally Vaisbein (Weissbein). When he was selecting his penname, he wanted it to sound novel, beautiful, and high. He liked the last name "Skalov," literally, "[big]