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Soviet American Jazz Jam in Leningrad Breaks Cultural Barrier
In Leningrad, during a five week Soviet tour, American drums Bob Matson and Joe Adale, flutist John Rautenberg, and others joined Russian musicians for a rare jam session in a czarist theater turned workers’ club. The event highlighted jazz as a shared language amid limited official approval and scarce public venues.
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Fred Coleman
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Benny Goodman
Cleveland Symsician
Dick Weiver
Joe Adale
Bob Matson
Matson
John Rautenberg
Weiner
Moscow