Concert program:

Orchestra Orchestra M. Blanter Katyusha arr. Oleg Lundstrem, 1946 B. Frumkin Listening to Rachmaninoff Soloists: trombones, saxes, trumpet, tenor sax, piano (Based on a Theme from Second Piano Concerto) Soloists: soprano sax, piano, baritone sax, drums Traditional Song Of Volga Boatmen Glenn Miller Orch., 1942/arr.by B. Finegan E. Garner Misty arr. by F. Foster Soloists: trombones, trumpet, bass trombone, trumpet Soloist — baritone sax L. Knipper Meadowland Benny Goodman Orch.1962 L. Prima Sing, sing, sing arr.by D. Wolpe. Soloists: trombones, trumpets, clarinet, alto sax, clarinet Soloists: clarinet, drums D. Ellington — J. Tizol Caravan arr. by B. Frumkin Anna Buturlina (vocal) Soloists: trombone, alto sax, rumpet, drums V. Basner It has recentl beeny, it was a long time ago Special guest I. Dunaevsky My Love Deborah Brown (vocal, USA) I. Berlin Always Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina/Alexander Panayotov Soloist: trombone I. Berlin I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm V. Solovjov-Sedoy Pilots’ song Soloist: soprano sax F. Waller / A. Razaf Honeysuckle Rose Alexander Panayotov (vocal) J. McHugh / D. Fields On The Sunny Side Of The Street N. Bogoslovsky — Dark Night Soloist: trumpet Soloist: tenor sax M. Tabachnikov Let’s Smoke, My Friend Orchestra B. Frumkin Samara Fair Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina/Alexander Panayotov Soloist: trumpet, trombone, sopranino sax J. McHugh/H. Adamson Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina/Alexander Panayotov Alexander Panayotov (vocal) B. Thiele / G. D. Weiss What a Wonderful World N. Bogoslovsky For Three Years I’ve Dreamed of You Soloist: trombone Orchestra Alexander Panayotov (vocal) M. Blanter Song of the War Reporters D. Tukhmanov Soloists: clarinet, trumpet, trombone, saxes Victory Day Шанзай, зал Парамаунт

The State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz range Russian songs in the Jazz style. musician decided to return to the USSR as Music named after Oleg Lundstrem has He made arrangements of “There Lived all of them were the Soviet citizens. Oleg Lundstrem a unique history. It is the most “Long Once a Captain Brave…” by I. Dunayevsky, At the consulate in Shanghai they were Playing” big band in the world. This fact is “Alien Cities” by A. Vertinsky, “Katyusha” given to understand that jazzmen could Jazz Orchestra recorded in the Russian Ginnes Book of M. Blanter and many others. All of them have many problems in the country of the Records. become very popular with the public. winning socialism. They didn’t believe, Big interest in Jazz came to young Oleg Such improvisers as Alexei Kotyakov, who though. Lundstrem in 1932, when a disk record performed as a soloist, Igor Lundstrem, In 1947 the orchestra with their fami- with the Duke Ellington’s orchestra per- Alexander Gravis were the best musicians lies arrived in the USSR. The musicians forming “Dear Old Southland” got into his of the city and improved the Orchestra’s were offered to choose between several hands. This became the milestone in the fame. The performances of the orchestra cities to settle. Since they wanted to get choice of the further path. Oleg Lunds- were accompanied by the dance review the higher music education, their choice trem began to study Jazz. of sisters Anderson and the vocal soloist fell on Kazan with a local Conservatoire In 1934 Oleg and his friends — young Nina Kellan. The orchestra became a hit of Music. Plans to become the State Jazz musicians — decided to assemble their and the newspapers called Oleg Lunds- Group of the Tatar Republic. Were ruined own jazz orchestra. Thus the band was trem “the King of Jazz of the Far East”. by the decree of the Central Committee of formed to be gradually gaining populari- In the postwar period the orchestra the Communist Party: it turned out that ty in the course of years. It all started with continued to performed at the city’s thea- people didn’t need any jazz. So the musi- amateur concerts at the dance parties and tres “Liceum”, “Carlton” and the cians went to work at the movie-theatres balls in Harbin with the broadcasting on Soviet Club. of the city, some played in the Opera the local radio and then successful perfor- Then the political situation changed house orchestra. mances in Shanghai at famous “Majestic” worse as the country was fighting for its and “Paramount” to follow. self-determination and the question of In 1934 Oleg and his friends — young musicians — At that time Oleg got the idea to ar- moving to some other place aroused. The decided to assemble their own jazz orchestra. Oleg worked in the Opera House orchestra as a violinist. In autumn 1948, together with a big group of former Shanghai musicians, he entered the Con- servatoire of Music. At that time the artistic director of the Tatar State Philharmonic society Mr. S. Kly- utcharyov began to realize the perspec- tive of the young Shanghai musicians and did everything to keep the orchestra from falling into pieces. He organized concerts in Kazan and in the environs for them. Oleg Lundstrem started to arrange popular Tatar and Soviet songs in vocal and instrumental variants and made up a whole concert program with these new compositions. Now the orchestra’s performances around the country were on regular basis. Oleg Lundstrem In 1956 by a special decree of the Minister of Culture Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra was The orchestra became a hit and the newspapers called formed officially. Hence the active touring Oleg Lundstrem “the King of Jazz of the Far East”. and concert life of the big band began. Producer Mr. M. I. Tsyn took the most active In 1947 the orchestra with their families arrived part in the concerting process. in the USSR. In 1989 by the invitation of Oleg In 1956 by a special decree of the Minister of Culture Lundstrem, Alexander Bryksin became the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra was formed officially. director of the group. Thanks to his energy and creative approach the orchestra man- Hence the active touring and concert life aged to preserve its entirety and status of the big band began. despite many difficulties. In 1991 Vladis- lav Kadersky joined them as a second In November 1998 Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra became conductor. He prepared a number of inter- the first jazz big band ever to perform esting performances, including a special in the Big Concert Hall of the Moscow program dedicated to the anniversary of Conservatoire of Music. Count Basie, concert tours with jazz vo- among many others. In 2003 Georgy calist Debra Brown etc. Mr. Kadersky had Garanyan, a saxophone player and been financing the work of the orchestra a laureate of many jazz festivals, musicians from his own budget for three People’s Artist of Russia, became the years without any demand for glory and chief conductor. In November 2003 the prosperity. orchestra had a China Tour — musicians In November 1998 Oleg Lundstrem performed in the largest cities of the Orchestra became the first jazz big band Heavenly Empire with the historic clos- ever to perform in the Big Concert Hall ing concert in the famous “Paramount”, of the Moscow Conservatoire of Music. in the very hall where the orchestra Many interesting projects then followed — with young Oleg Lundstrem had be- a concert with the pianist Arkadi Petrov, gun its brilliant career. opera singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya and It is remarkable that many famous Шанхай, 1937 г. an outstanding jazz singer Debra Brown Олег Лундстрем — в центре musicians: A. Zubov, G. Golstein, K. No- sov, A. Fisher, A. Shabashov, V. Nazarov, V. Sadykov, V. Kiselyov, I. Boutman as well as vocalists M. Kristallinskaya, erlands, “Grenouble‑90” in France, the A. Pugachova, I. Ponarovskaya, I. Otiyeva Festival in Memory of Ellington in to name but a few began their career Washington, USA (1991), the Interna- at the Lundstrem orchestra. tional Jazz Festival of Big Bands in In the course of years the big band Santa-Barbara (USA, 1998). The big has toured in more than 300 cities band is a constant representative of of our vast country and dozens of Russian culture abroad — in Ukraine, the cities abroad. It has given more Germany, Moldova, Latvia, Georgia, than 10 000 concerts with hundreds Switzerland, Cyprus, India etc. thousands of spectators and millions of In 2007 a unique pianist, honoured listeners on radio and TV. The orchestra artist of Russia, Boris Frumkin took has recorded a great number of CDs the position of the artistic director together with the recording studio of the orchestra. He is a composer of “Melody”. music for films, TV and drama shows. Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra partici- And he prepares new original pro- pated in such big international jazz grams for the big band. festivals as: “Tallin‑67”, “Jazz Jambo- The orchestra’s credo is a harmo- ree‑72” in Warsaw, “Prague‑86”, “So- nious combination of jazz traditions fia‑86”, “Jazz in Duketown‑88” in Neth- and new creative contribution to this It is the most “Long Playing” big band in the world. beautiful Art. And with the years pass- ing by the State Chamber Orchestra This fact is recorded in the Russian Ginnes Book of Jazz Music named after Oleg Lund- Boris Frumkin of Records. strem keeps writing its history. Artistic director of Oleg Lundstrem State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music

Boris Frumkin was born in 1944 in the family of a famous musician Michael Frumkin. He began studying the piano at the age of five. He received an excellent classical music education, but he was more attracted by jazz. In 1966 he was in- vited to one of the best big bands of the USSR — Concert Orchestra of Radio and Television conducted by Vadim Lyudvikovsky. Awards of several jazz festivals of the country and abroad made him famous. Further musical career of Boris Frumkin is associated with the legendary band «Melody», where he started as a pianist and arranger, and then in 1982 be- came its artistic director and conductor. The ensemble recorded about 200 re- cords and music to hundreds of popular cartoons and films. In late 80’s Boris Frumkin and his ensemble participated in the first joint Soviet-American produc- tion of the musical «Sophisticated Ladies» to the music of Duke Ellington. It is worth noting that B. Frumkin played for Ellington during maestro’s tour in the USSR and was praised by the legendary musician. Boris Frumkin is an Honoured Artist of Russia and a member of the Russian Union of Composers. Since April 2007 he is the artistic director and chief conductor of Oleg Lundstrem State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music. Anna Buturlina Alexander Panayotov

Anna Buturlina is one of the most popular Russian jazz singers. She was the first Alexander Panayotov is a singer with a unique voice, a master of vocal woman to appear on the cover of the “Jazz.Ru” magazine. In addition to Anna’s improvisation, a talented composer and musician, a finalist of the project “People’s solo jazz projects in famous Moscow clubs and at major concert venues across the Artist.” Musical genres — pop, lounge, soul, jazz, funk, R’n’B. country, she works with the Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra conducted In 2003 Alexander Panaiotov tried his luck in a TV contest -reality show ““People’s by Sergei Skripka and with big bands in different cities of Russia. Anna also Artist”, which took place on TV channel “Russia”, in which he won the Second Prize cooperates with “Disney”, participates in creative projects of composer Gennady and signed a seven-year contract with the producers Eugene Fridlyand and Kim Gladkov, make voice-part records for films. Breitburg. While cooperating with FBI Music he successfully worked, toured and She is a graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. She had made her developed as an artist. He has recorded two music albums: “Lady of Rain” (2006, debut in one of the best jazz orchestras in the country, the “MKS Big Band” of “Rodina Records”) and “Formula of Love” (2010, Studio “Dialogue”). Such songs Anatoly Kroll at the age of 19; the next step was to work with the Oleg Lunds- as “One of a kind”, “Lady of Rain”, “Moon Melody”, “”Balallayka”, “Formula of Love”, trem Jazz Orchestra along with the leaders of the Russian jazz, such as George “Snow”, ”On the edge” have become his signature songs. Garanian, Daniel Kramer, Igor Butman and others. She is currently a soloist of In March 2011 the contract expired and the artist continued his career on his own. “Orpheus” Big Band. In 2002, she performed one of the two main female roles in In December 2013 his new album “Alpha and Omega” came out to be also released the “Dracula” musical and recorded a solo CD «BLACK COFFEE». Her next solo CD in I‑tunes. Alexander is the creator of music for all the songs of the new album. «MY FAVORITE SONGS» came out in 2006.In summer 2008, became the winner of Alexander’s solo concert took place in July 2014 at the concert hall “Mir”. The the international competition of jazz vocalists «LADY SUMMERTIME» in Finland, concert, dedicated to the 11th anniversary of his creative career, was a great Kajaani. In 2009 she voiced the title role of Tiana in the Russian version of the success. Twenty five musicians accompanied the singer. Video installations, Disney animated film “The Princess and the Frog” (2009). In 2010 she became the colourful show, the public’s favorite hits in original arrangements for the winner of the International competition of jazz vocalists «Jazz Voices» in Lithua- orchestra, songs from the new album and special guests — friends and colleagues nia, Klaipėda (2010). In January 2013 she released her new original program “JAZZ of the singer- made the concert unforgettable. FOCUS: songs of Soviet films,” in which Anna performs most famous works by Brilliant performing skills, rich voice, extraordinary artistry, variety of images Russian composers of the 20th century in her own jazz arrangements and voiced created by this artist accompany his every show and are enthusiastically received Princess Elsa in the Russian version of the Disney animated film “Frozen”. by the public. The voice of this young singer, who has already conquered many She is a jazz singer, music arranger, actress. hearts, is considered to be one of the best pop-voices of Russia. His name is a mark of a high quality music. Deborah Brown

Deborah Brown was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an outstanding jazz vocalist. Her musical talent has propelled her from coast to coast in the USA, eventually leading her to Japan, Indonesia and the Far East and culminating in a 12 year residency in Europe. Performing in nightclubs, concerts, jazz festivals, on television and radio soundstages, Deborah has made a name for herself with appearances in more than 50 countries around the world. Deborah Brown has recorded 11 albums as a leader and has been featured on numerous other recordings as a special guest soloist. She has enjoyed participating in and creating many unique musical situations, among which are a duet recording with trombonist Slide Hampton, a concert tour in duo with piano master Roger Kellaway, duo performances with pianists Cedar Walton and Dorothy Donegan, a performance of “My One and Only Love” with trumpet star Clark Terry, a CD studio recording of “A Lover’s Question” with author James Baldwin. Tours with her quartet JAZZ 4 JAZZ that featured many outstanding musicians and many, many others. As a featured vocalist she has worked with Russia’s Oleg Lundstrem Jazz Orchestra, the Sandviken Bigband from Sweden and Kluver’s Bigband from Denmark and recorded the Dutch television special production for UNICEF with Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore. Deborah Brown continues to promote the art of jazz by performing and recording her interpretations of classic standards and fresh original compositions, always expanding the musical boundaries of vocalist, musician, entertainer and band leader. Программа мероприятия подготовлена Российской государственной концертной компанией «СОДРУЖЕСТВО»