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    Various Artists Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain, Pt. 1 & 2

    Jazzman
    • 2×CD JMANCD148£16.99
      Expected 06 JunPreorder
      • 1. Collage - Halb Sirp (Bad Sickle)
      • 2. Manfred Ludwig-Sextett - Gral
      • 3. Krzysztof Komeda - Crazy Girl
      • 4. Polish Jazz Quartet - Promenade Through Empty Streets
      • 5. Vagif Mustafa-Zade - Caucasus
      • 6. Quartet "Jazz Focus-65" - Monday Morning
      • 7. Theo Schumman Combo - Karawane
      • 8. Vaclav Zahradnik - Podzimní Slunce
      • 9. Karel Velebny - Lori
      • 10. Sevil - Mugam
      • 11. Focus '65 - Autumn Sun
      • 12. Golstain-Nosov Quintet - Rosinent In Toledo
      • 13. YU All Stars 1977 - Kosmet
      • 14. Michael Fritzen Quartett - Rien
      • 15. Dan Mindrila - Sonet

      Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain Pts 1 & 2 Gatefold 2LP with pictures, liner notes & download code Sounds Beyond Barriers One of the most politically charged terms of the 20th century, the Iron Curtain was a metaphor for political and cultural division. In a post-war telegram Winston Churchill referred to the fault line that ran through Europe between East and West as "an Iron Curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind". 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 stat...

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