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Mission to Moscow 1990: The Groundwork Ellen Myers

Already for many years I had been writing to and praying for Christian prisoners for the faith in the Soviet Union. One of these prisoners was the Russian Orthodox Christian Aleksandr Ogorodnikov. Upon the advent of "perestroika" and "glasnost" he was released from prison in 1988 and recommenced publishing of the Bulletin of Christian Community, one of the better known Russian Christian publications distributed privately in the Soviet Union and abroad. Before Christmas 1988 the names of seventeen brave Christians in the Soviet Union who wished to correspond with Christians in the West were announced by CREED (Dr. Ernest Gordon, President). The list included Ogorodnikov. I wrote to all 17; the first reply I received was from him. We continued to correspond (I read, write and speak Russian), and we sent him copies of the CSSH Quarterly and other materials.

In August 1989 Ogorodnikov wrote me that he would be allowed to visit with Western Christians on October 15, 1989 in Brussels, Belgium, where he had friends publishing his Christian writings. He wondered whether I could attend this meeting. I could not, but contacted members and subscribers to the CSSH Quarterly in Europe, including M Dominique Tassot, President of the Cercle Scientifique et Historique (CESHE), a Catholic organization standing for the inerrancy of Scripture including, of course, creation. M. Tassot was able to attend the Brussels meeting with Mr. Ogorodnikov. He also is fluent in Russian and had been burdened like myself for Christians in the Soviet Union.

Upon his return M. Tassot wrote me that he had spoken to Ogorodnikov about creationism. and that Ogorodnikov had "immediately understood the interest of the creationist theses for Christian thought. particularly in an officially atheist country. Ogorodnikov has decided to promote our thesis of the historical and scientific veracity of the Bible and asks for our help in two ways: (1) send articles or books, if possible translated, on creationism !n the widest sense; and (2) participation of western speakers in his theological `seminar' in Moscow. It was decided to begin these conferences next spring (1990)." M. Tassot asked me to contact ICR so ICR might send a speaker to Moscow for this conference in the spring of 1990, leaving the choice of the speaker to me. He also asked me to come myself if at all possible as I know Russian. He himself and M. Guy Berthault, also of CESHE. a geologist and the author of an important study on sedimentology. also planned to come to Moscow.

Early the next morning after I received M Tassot's letter a dear Christian friend called me with the message that the Lord had put it on the family's heart to make money available to me for His special work and purpose. I told my friend of the possible creation mission trip to Russia. I myself knew beyond doubt that our Lord wanted Dr. Duane Gish to be the speaker from ICR; now the funds, too, were available. I immediately wrote to Dr. Gish. stating that "I see this as our Lord's "Macedonian Call' to you at this extraordinary time. when there is an open door to the Soviet Union which has not existed for over 70 years." On December 5.1989 Dr. Gish telephoned me to let me know he and Mrs. Gish would go. Shortly afterwards the date for the trip was fixed for May 20-30, 1990. The help of Mr. Eugene Grosman. a native Russian speaker working with the Slavic Gospel Association, was enlisted by Dr. Gish. Contacts for setting up conferences, debates and so on in Moscow were also made through Dr. Dmitri Kuznetsov. whose strong Christian and creation science witness has been described in earlier issues of Acts and Facts. As it turned out in the end, the conference with Mr. Ogorodnikov was the least attended of all events featuring Dr. Gish. because Ogorodnikov had meanwhile been dismissed as editor of the Bulletin of Christian Community due to Soviet KGB slander ICR had hoped to bring n creationist books, but this did not happen. On the other hand, creationist films by Films for Christ are being shown on Soviet Television now, and Dr. Gish's own trip was an unqualified great success. He told me offer his return that "There was no carping criticism of any kind" or at any time of his creationist message. What a surprising contrast to the treatment of this message in "free, Christian" America!

Nevertheless the groundwork for the first creationist "mission to Moscow" was laid by our Lord many years in advance. It began at least at the time when He called Aleksandr Ogorodnikov into His service and martyrdom; when He enabled me to learn Russian when still a child in Germany: when He burdened the hearts of Dominique Tassot and myself for our Christian brothers and sisters under Communist persecution; when He brought the Creation Social Science and Humanities Society and its Quarterly into being in 1977; when He converted the heart of Dmitri Kuznetsov to Himself and then taught him the good news of Creation through ICR; when He gave more freedom to Russian Christians through Gorbachev as His instrument; and finally, when He directly established the contacts through myself and Dominique Tassot which led to Dr. Gish's trip. Our Lord, also last but not least burdened many Christian brothers and sisters to pray for us all. (I also personally praise Him for not sending me to Moscow in His all-knowing good and perfect will. for my presence was urgently needed here due to an unforeseen crisis in my family. Our Lord doeth all things well!) May all praise and glory for all this be to Him only, our sovereign, faithful Creator!

1. Let�s Dance

2. Mission To Moscow

3. Meet The Band

4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain�t Good)

5. Why You?

6. Titter Pipes

8. Body And Soul

9. Rose Room

10. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

11. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

12. Stealin� Apples

13. Feathers

14. On The Alamo

15. Midgets

16. One O�Clock Jump

17. Bye Bye Blackbird

Benny Goodman - Clarinet on all tracks plus:

Tracks 1-6, 12-13 & 16-17

Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Maxwell, John Frosk � Trumpets

Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper - Trombones

Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion - Alto saxes

Zoot Sims, Tommy Newsom - Tenor saxes

Gene Allen - Baritone sax

John Bunch - Piano

Turk Van Lake - Guitar

Bill Crow - Bass

Mel Lewis - Drums

Victor Feldman - Vibes

Teddy Wilson - Piano (track 3)

Tracks 7-10 � Quintet

Teddy Wilson � Piano

Track 11 - Septet

Joe Newman - Trumpet

Turk Van Lake � Guitar

Mel Lewis � Drums

Tracks 14-15 - Octet

Zoot Sims - Tenor sax

Victor Feldman � Vibes

1. Swift As The Wind #1

2. Fontainebleau

3. Meadowland

5. I�ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face

6. Swift As The Wind #2

7. King Porter Stomp

8. Meet The Band

9. Let There Be Love

10. Bugle Call Rag

11. Meet The Band #3

12. Mission To Moscow #2

13. Clarinet � La King

14. King Porter Stomp #2

15. Avalon #2

16. Body And Soul #2

17. China Boy

18. Medley: Poor Butterfly/I Can�t Give You Anything But Love

19. The Sheik Of Araby

20. Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love/Embraceable You/Somebody Loves Me

Tracks 1-4 & 6-14 Same personnel as CD1 1-6; 12-13 & 16-17

Joya Sherrill � Vocals (track 9)

Track 5 - Sextet

Bill Crow � Bass

Tracks 15-19 - Trio

Gene Krupa - drums

Track 20 - Trio

Mel Powell - Piano

Roy Burns � Drums

Benny Goodman was a man of many contradictions. He was a superb clarinet player although he was never considered to be a great swinger. He and his band ushered in the swing era, and he was also at the forefront of integrating black musicians into what were formerly all-white bands. Perhaps not surprisingly he was a stern task-master and very frugal in paying the band musicians. Finally he had a big ego and was very reluctant to allow band members to gain individual recognition when it might take away from his lustre. The bassist and jazz writer Bill Crow, who played in the band Goodman took to Russia, offers the following story (condensed version) about this trip in his book From Birdland To Broadway: Scenes From A Jazz Life: � Benny had commissioned new music from several well-known jazz composers, but by the time we reached Moscow, we weren�t playing much of it. John Carisi wrote one new chart that Benny liked called The Bulgar and Other Balkan Type Inventions. One night in Moscow when Benny pointed to Phil (Woods) during The Bulgar , Phil stood up and played an absolutely spectacular solo filled with swinging, dancing, and fireworks. When he was finished the whole band joined the audience in a roar of approval. Benny never gave Phil a chance to do that again. In that spot the next night, he called his old arrangement of Bugle Call Rag and we never played the Carisi chart again. The concerts were recorded but Benny didn�t include The Bulgar on the album Benny Goodman in Moscow.� So the album title The Complete Benny Goodman In Moscow is really not complete at all but, nevertheless, it is a pleasurable romp given the first-rate musicians that were in the band.

When Benny Goodman and the band undertook this trip to Russia in May/June 1962, Nikita Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party and relations between the US and Russia were caught up in Cold War rhetoric. The US State Department hoped that a Goodman tour might help to thaw relations and show a positive side of the US to the Russian people. Whether Goodman was the correct choice when other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong were, in fact, more popular is another question. Since most Russians would not have been all that familiar with Goodman�s music, the band would not be saddled with the old Goodman band book. After the perfunctory opening number Let�s Dance, the band swings into Mel Powell�s Mission To Moscow with its catchy Balkan dance rhythms and Goodman�s clarinet riding over the tight sax section ensemble passages. Pianist John Bunch wrote a lively jump number Why You? that fitted right into a more modern big-band setting and gave tenor-man Zoot Sims some space to shine. As the album segues into quintet, sextet, and octet tracks, Goodman hogs most of the solos, except where Teddy Wilson participates on the quintet medley. Here he is as sparking as ever and gives full measure on the time allotted. Goodman still has the speed to stay in the game, but flounders on the upper registers when he is obligated to perform there. That is especially noticeable on The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise. But never mind, Mel Lewis� brush work is exemplary and drives the tune forward. The final track on CD1 is a big-band version of Bye Bye Blackbird using a chart from John Bunch. This is a complete rip-off from the Miles Davis version included in the album � Round Midnight, even to the inclusion of the Red Garland chord changes from the bridge back to the melody. Nevertheless it is well done and a good closer.

The offerings on this CD are a bit of a mash-up in that they come from several sources. Tracks 1 through 10 are from the Moscow concerts but tracks 5-10 were not part of the original LPs. Track 11 is the same band but recorded in Tbilisi, Georgia. The other cuts are taken from a couple of US television show soundtracks, have inferior sound quality, and are slightly out of sync. So cutting to the chase, the first five tracks are interesting and well done, and the balance of the CD for the most part is just dross. Tadd Dameron, who was probably one of the most influential composers and arrangers of the bebop era, wrote the first two tracks, Swift As The Wind and Fontainebleau. Both of these were way beyond Goodman�s traditional band book, but given the make-up of the band on the tour, fitted in to the players� capability of reading and playing complex arrangements. Even Goodman was caught up by the freshness of the arrangements, as he played as well as he had on any of the other more conventional offerings. Meadowland, also known as Song Of The Plains, was used as a marching song by the Red Army Choir. Arranger Joe Lipman turned it into a high-velocity swinger with some wicked drum breaks from Mel Lewis and fine tenor solo from Zoot Sims. The Russian audience seems particularly pleased with this interpretation.

Benny Goodman in his prime had terrific breath control and there was a certain lyricism in his playing. This outing is far from that period and should be considered in the context in which it was performed.

Pierre Giroux

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