[Dixielandjazz] Russians In Sacramento

[Cees van den Heuvel]

It's a small world..
We, the Revival Jass Band, were in Dresden in the seventies and played on 
the same band wagon during the big parade.
The band: Leningrad Dixieland Band. When we went to Sacramento for the first 
time, this Russian Band became our
neighbour in the Day's Inn (they were heavily observated by two "fans"). 
When we went on tour to Russia the band
visited one of our concerts in what was then called Leningrad, where we 
could supply them with instrument parts
that were hard to find in the USSR. In May of this year we revisited 
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) played in "their"
club (Jazz Philharmonia) and did a jam session with them (only two of the 
original members were still in the band).
It's a small world...

Cees van den Heuvel
www.revivaljassband.nl

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From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 9:34 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Russians In Sacramento


> Some years ago, when the Cold War was still on, we had a Russian band at 
> our Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.  They had a couple people with them who were 
> supposed to be translators but were really KGB.
>
> I remember (just for kicks) I wanted to start a rumor that one of the 
> musicians was going to defect.  I wanted to see how far & fast the rumor 
> would spread.  But then I thought better of it & did not do it.
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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