Various Artists
Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain Part 1
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SKU : JMANLP148
Description
In this two-part album, as far as jazz is concerned, we will showcase, describe and celebrate exactly what was 'going on behind'. We see that music is the power supreme, with the ability to transcend all barriers, be they physical, political or metaphorical.
Our liner notes illustrate the complex and contradictory history of Soviet jazz, and the tracks we've chosen cover the key period of the early 1960s to the 1980s. It was during these dark years of the Cold War that the Soviet Union and its satellite states produced a number of outstanding artists playing in a variety of styles. The impact of modernism, from hard bop and Latin to modal and cool jazz, had found its way through cracks in the curtain. The deeply-felt ancestral strains of traditional European folk music were combined with the exciting new and progressive sounds of the West, and a radical, intoxicating brew was created that no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome.
We chronicle the triumph of jazz at a time of extreme geopolitical conflict. What went on behind the Iron Curtain in these countries was once mysterious and unknown to the West, but the perseverance of their artists provided sound and light amid the secretive, dark days of the communist-capitalist standoff. There was no end of life-affirming spiritual jazz behind the Iron Curtain.
"Whether it's by improvisation in the African-American jazz tradition, or by a village kobza player standing on top of a damn hill - he feels connected to the stars."
Tracklist
01: Halb Sirp (Bad Sickle) - Collage
02: Sextett - Manfred Ludwig
03: Crazy Girl - Krzysztof Komeda
04: Promenade Through Empty Streets - Polish Jazz Quartet
05: Caucasus - Vagif Mustafa-Zade
06: Monday Morning - Quartet "Jazz Focus-65"
07: Karawane - Theo Schumman Combo
08: Podzimní Slunce - Vaclav Zahradnik
09: Lori - Karel Velebny
10: Mugam - Sevil
11: Autumn Sun - Focus '65
12: Rosinent In Toledo - Golstain-Nosov Quintet
13: Kosmet - YU All Stars 1977
14: Rien - Michael Fritzen Quartett
15: Sonet - Dan Mindrila
02: Sextett - Manfred Ludwig
03: Crazy Girl - Krzysztof Komeda
04: Promenade Through Empty Streets - Polish Jazz Quartet
05: Caucasus - Vagif Mustafa-Zade
06: Monday Morning - Quartet "Jazz Focus-65"
07: Karawane - Theo Schumman Combo
08: Podzimní Slunce - Vaclav Zahradnik
09: Lori - Karel Velebny
10: Mugam - Sevil
11: Autumn Sun - Focus '65
12: Rosinent In Toledo - Golstain-Nosov Quintet
13: Kosmet - YU All Stars 1977
14: Rien - Michael Fritzen Quartett
15: Sonet - Dan Mindrila
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