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.