3 LPs ON 2 CDs

azz, once outlawed in the Soviet Union, finally got official approval when the Benny Goodman Band spent a rapturously received six-week tour there in mid-1962. Back stateside, eight from the band, including Zoot Sims and Phil Woods, with guests Eddie Costa and Marky Markowitz, commemorated the tour by recording Jazz Mission to Moscow, an ebulliently swinging album of jazz standards and Russian popular songs arranged by Al Cohn.

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 [1-6] JAZZ MISSION TO MOSCOW (Colpix SCP433)

Arranged and Conducted by Al Cohn
Jimmy Maxwell, Markie Markowitz (tp); Willie Dennis (tb); Phil Woods (as,cl)
Jerry Dodgion (as, fl); Zoot Sims (ts); Gene Allen (bs); Eddie Costa (p);
Bill Crow (b); Mel Lewis (d).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York, July 12, 1962.

CD 1 [7-12] SOVIET JAZZ THEMES (Ava AS-19)

The Victor Feldman All Stars:
(7-9): Nat Adderley (cnt); Harold Land (ts); Victor Feldman (vib);
Joe Zawinul (p); Bob Whitlock (b); Frank Butler (d).
Recorded at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, October 26, 1962

(10-12): Carmell Jones (tp); Harold Land (ts); Victor Feldman (p, vib);
Herb Ellis (g); Bob Whitlock (b); Frank Butler (d).
Recorded at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, November 12, 1962

CD 2 (1-8), from the album JAZZ AT LIBERTY:
American Musicians Play Soviet Originals Over Radio Liberty” (RKO 131542)

The Bill Crow - Phil Woods All Stars
Art Farmer (tp, flhn); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb); Phil Woods (as); Zoot Sims (ts);
Nick Brignola (bs); John Bunch (p); Bill Crow (b); Walter Perkins (d).
Recorded at RKO Sound Studios, NYC, May 1963

CD 2 (15) Phil Woods interview and solo / Excerpt from a Phil Woods appearance on the Radio Liberty show “This Is Jazz” hosted by Boris Orshansky.

DISC 1:

01. Mission to Moscow
02. The Song of the Volga Boatman
03. Midnight in Moscow
04. Let’s Dance
05. Russian Lullaby
06. Dark Eyes (Aka Red, White and Blue Eyes) (Traditional)
07. Ritual
08. Blue Church Blues
09. Madrigal
10. Vic
11. Polyushko Polye
12. Gennadi

DISC 2:

01. Believe (You May Believe–Or Not)
02. Madrigal
03. Madrigal New York
04. Nyet (You Will Say No)
05. Believe (You May Believe–Or Not)
06. Madrigal New York [Take 1]
07. Madrigal New York [Take 2]
08. Nyet (You Will Say No)
09. Phil Woods interview & solo