Soviet Jazz Themes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soviet Jazz Themes
| type = Album
| artist = The Victor Feldman All Stars
| cover = Soviet Jazz Themes.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = October 26 and November 12, 1962
| venue =
| studio = United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
| genre = Jazz
| length = 32:26
| label = Äva
A/AS-19
| producer = Leonard Feather
| chronology = Victor Feldman
| prev_title = A Taste of Honey and a Taste of Bossa Nova
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = David and Lisa
| next_year = 1963
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000866393 |title=Soviet Jazz Themes – Review |accessdate=January 6, 2017}}}}
Soviet Jazz Themes (full title: The Victor Feldman All Stars Play the 'World's First Album of Soviet Jazz Themes) is an album by vibraphonist and pianist Victor Feldman featuring tunes by three composers he discovered while on Benny Goodman's 1962 tour of Russia which he recorded on returning to the U.S. and released on the Äva label.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/mgm/ava.html Ava Album Discography] accessed January 6, 2017[http://www.jazzdisco.org/victor-feldman/catalog/#ava-a-19 Victor Feldman catalog] accessed January 6, 2017Cerra, S., [http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/victor-feldman-career-overview.html Jazz Profiles – Victor Feldman: A Career Overview] accessed January 6, 2017Cerra, S., [http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/victor-feldman-all-stars-plays-soviet.html Jazz Profiles – Victor Feldman All-Stars Plays Soviet Jazz Themes] accessed January 6, 2017
Track listing
- "Ritual" (Andre Towmosian) – 5:01
- "Blue Church Blues" (Gennadi Golstain) – 7:07
- "Madrigal" (Golstain) – 6:21
- "Vic" (Givi Gachechiladze) – 4:50
- "Polyushko Polye" (Golstain) – 3:52
- "Gennadi" (Golstain) – 5:15
- Recorded at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA on October 26, 1962 (tracks 1–3) and November 12, 1962 (tracks 4–6)
Personnel
- Victor Feldman – vibraphone, piano
- Nat Adderley – cornet (tracks 1–3)
- Carmell Jones – trumpet (tracks 4–6)
- Harold Land – tenor saxophone
- Joe Zawinul – piano (tracks 1–3)
- Herb Ellis – guitar (tracks 4–6)
- Bob Whitlock – bass
- Frank Butler – drums