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1962 studio album by Al Cohn
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.
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Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
Allmusic
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The
Allmusic review by
Scott Yanow called it "An interesting set of modern swing" and noted "In 1962 Benny Goodman had a historic visit to the Soviet Union, touring with a big band full of young all-stars. After the orchestra returned to the U.S., tenor saxophonist Al Cohn (who had not made the trip but did write some of Goodman's charts) put together an album (also released by Colpix) using many of the sidemen and paying tribute to the event".
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Track listing
"Mission to Moscow" (
Mel Powell ) – 4:20
"
The Sochi Boatman " (Traditional) – 5:17
"
Midnight in Moscow " (
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi ,
Mikhail Matusovsky ) – 5:59
"Let's Dance" (Gregory Stone, Josef Bonime, Fanny Baldridge) – 4:32
"Russian Lullaby" (
Irving Berlin ) – 5:39
"
Red, White and Blue Eyes " (Traditional) – 4:53
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and
Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and
Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and
Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn,
Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (
Jimmy Raney and
Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and
Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and
Bucky Pizzarelli ,
Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and
Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and
Joe Pass ,
Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and
Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and
Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and
Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and
Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and
Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings with
Al Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and
Hank Mobley ,
John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and
Herbie Steward ,
Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (
Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and
Irene Kral ,
Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
With
Quincy Jones With
Gerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (
Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (
Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn,
Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and
"Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (
Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (
Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (
Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (
Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (
Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (
Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (
Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (
Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (
Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (
Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (
Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (
Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (
Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich,
Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (
Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (
Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (
Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (
Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (
Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953)
Mr. Music (1954)
The Natural Seven (1955)
That Old Feeling (1955)
Four Brass One Tenor (1955)
The Brothers! (with
Bill Perkins and
Richie Kamuca , 1955)
From A to...Z (with
Zoot Sims , 1956)
The Sax Section (1956)
Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
Tenor Conclave (with
John Coltrane ,
Hank Mobley , and Zoot Sims, 1956)
The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with
Herbie Steward , Zoot Sims, and
Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957)
You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960)
Son of Drum Suite (1960)
Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962)
Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973)
Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974)
Play It Now (1975)
True Blue (with
Dexter Gordon , 1976)
Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
Al Cohn's America (1976)
Heavy Love (with
Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
No Problem (1979)
Live albums