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Jazz Mission to Moscow, the Glossary

Jazz Mission to Moscow is an album arranged and conducted by Al Cohn featuring Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis and Mel Lewis in performances recorded in 1962 following the Benny Goodman Band's tour of the Soviet Union which was released on the RCA Victor label.^[1]

38 relations: Al Cohn, AllMusic, Alto saxophone, Arrangement, Baritone saxophone, Benny Goodman, Bill Crow, Clarinet, Colpix Records, Conducting, Dark Eyes (Russian song), Double bass, Drum kit, Eddie Costa, Either Way (album), Flute, Gene Allen (musician), Irving Berlin, Jazz, Jerry Dodgion, Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter), Marky Markowitz, Mel Lewis, Mel Powell, Mikhail Matusovsky, Moscow Nights, Phil Woods, Piano, RCA Records, Scott Yanow, Tenor saxophone, The Song of the Volga Boatmen, Trombone, Trumpet, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Webster Hall, Willie Dennis, Zoot Sims.
Al Cohn albums
Colpix Records albums

Al Cohn

Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.

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Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass.

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Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".

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Bill Crow

William Orval Crow (born December 27, 1927) is an American jazz bassist.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

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Colpix Records

Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Dark Eyes (Russian song)

"Dark Eyes" (Black Eyes) is a well-known and popular Russian romance.

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Double bass

The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Eddie Costa

Edwin James Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger.

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Either Way (album)

Either Way is an album by Zoot Sims and Al Cohn recorded in Philadelphia in 1961 for the Fred Miles Presents label. Jazz Mission to Moscow and Either Way (album) are al Cohn albums.

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Flute

The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Gene Allen (musician)

Eugene Sufana Allen (December 5, 1928 – February 14, 2008) was an American jazz reedist, who primarily played baritone saxophone and bass clarinet.

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerry Dodgion

Jerry Dodgion (August 29, 1932 – February 17, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

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Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter)

Jimmy Maxwell (January 9, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American swing jazz trumpeter.

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Marky Markowitz

Irvin "Marky" Markowitz (aka Irwin Markowitz, Irving Markowitz; December 11, 1923 - November 18, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Mel Lewis

Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author.

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Mel Powell

Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts.

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Mikhail Matusovsky

Mikhail Lvovich Matusovsky (Михаил Львович Матусовский; 23 July 1915, Luhansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate – 16 July 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian poet, screenwriter, translator and war correspondent.

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Moscow Nights

"Moscow Nights", later covered as "Midnight in Moscow", is a Soviet Russian song.

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Phil Woods

Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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The Song of the Volga Boatmen

The "Song of the Volga Boatmen" (known in Russian as Эй, ухнем!, after the refrain) is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866.

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Trombone

The trombone (Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; – 2 December 1979) was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.

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Webster Hall

Webster Hall is a nightclub and concert venue located at 125 East 11th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City.

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Willie Dennis

Willie Dennis (née William DeBerardinis, January 10, 1926 – July 8, 1965) was an American jazz trombonist known as a big band musician but who was also an excellent bebop soloist.

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Zoot Sims

John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Mission_to_Moscow

Jazz Mission to Moscow, the Glossary

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See also

Al Cohn albums

Colpix Records albums

References