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Nick explores the often-hidden world of Soviet jazz, from the 1930s to the 1980s. Artists include Yakov Skomorovsky, the Allegro Jazz Ensemble, and the Uzbek jazz fusion ensemble Sato. Plus music from an album recorded in the US, featuring tunes written by Soviet musicians and smuggled out of the country.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Yakov Skomorovsky | My Beauty | Skomorovsky | Jazz Anthology Yakov Skomorovsky | Quad-Disc | 02:53 |
| 2 | Oleg Lundstrem | Bugle Call Rag | Pettis / Meyers / Schoebel | Jazz Anthology Oleg Lundstrem | Quad-Disc | 03:02 |
| 3 | Victor Feldman All-Stars | Ritual | Towmosian | Soviet Jazz Themes | Äva | 05:01 |
| 4 | Victor Feldman All-Stars | Blue Church Blues | Golstain | Soviet Jazz Themes | Äva | 07:07 |
| 5 | Victor Feldman All-Stars | Vic | Gachechiladze | Soviet Jazz Themes | Äva | 04:50 |
| 6 | Victor Feldman All-Stars | Polyushko Polye | Trad arr Golstain | Soviet Jazz Themes | Äva | 03:52 |
| 7 | Allegro Jazz Ensemble | Composition on a Theme of Cole Porter | Levinovsky | The Golden Mean | Melody | 10:34 |
| 8 | Medeo | Saigaki | Bogushevsky | Medeo | Melody | 02:52 |
| 9 | Sato | Interests | Trad arr Atabekov | Efsane | Melody | 06:09 |
