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Article: 'GLASNOST JAZZ' OPENS UP TO THE WORLD

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December 2, 1987
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WARSAW, Poland - Onstage at Congress Hall, where Communist officials hold major party meetings, Soviet jazzman Vladimir Chekasin squawked on two saxophones, blew a toy whistle, shouted into a synthesizer and did a Russian folk jig.

The audience at Warsaw's Jazz Jamboree, which usually is extremely tough on Soviet jazzmen, responded with enthusiastic shouts to the performance by Chekasin and his longtime partner, drummer Vladimir Tarasov, the top Soviet free jazz musicians.

"It was a great surprise to me; these Russians have great fantasy," said Waldemar Debski, a Polish rock musician, referring to recent concerts which were billed as "Glasnost Jazz."

"I personally couldn't ...

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