Clinton St. Quarterly, Vol. 6 No. 1 | Spring 1984 (Portland) /// Issue 21 of 41 /// Master# 21 of 73

what they have to do. C tio S n Q o : f O th n e c d e iff th e e r r e e n , c w e h b a e t t ww a e s en yo S u ov p i e e r t c a e n p d American concert audiences? JS: Very well behaved as a group, as an t a p h o u in d s g e ie s n to c it e s d . i o d A e n w a d i s th a th b t a h o t e ut mw th i a g e y ht w th a h e y av p s e t e a o t s p e o l m e im e in a group should behave. But extremely quiet for the most part.The first time we played in Moscow, Paul played alone They're very animated, but as a group of people. are more polite than most any other audiences I've played for. I mean there are good audiences everywhere; but just that sense of the silence . They were so cause the a r t e te , nt W iv e e s , te I r t n hin ja k zz pro is ba s b u ly ch be a rar C ity h . ick Corea and Gary Burton were both there in the last year, but they played to embassies, and consulates. It John Stowell first. Robin, his son, and I were waiting behind the curtain and it didn't sound like there was anybody out there. I thought, I'll be surprised if it's even half full. And we go out,-the place was absolutely full. But not a peep, not a sound. The t r r e e s m po e n ly se e s n r t a h n u g si e a d st f i r c o , m bu p t re a tt l y w g a o y o s d p to ol e ite x, and for the most part, probably a little better than that. In private they're very different. IMPORT DISCOUNT 5244 N.E. Sandy Blvd. wasn't open to the public.There are very f i C s e t S w s Q ]. p :u b H lic o w p ed rfi o dr mya on uc e ss p b ey n d W e ys ot u er r nd [a ay rt s there; were you escorted through various sights, or did you go out on your own, or both? t J io S n : a I l t ly s . taW rt e ed ha o d u a t b c a o s u i p ca le lly of v g e u ry ide co d n t v o e u n rs v in at M e o b s u c s ow fo a r n u d s. 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Through him I met maybe about a dozen I would love to go over there and hang outfor a month or two andplay little towns. And get a group of Russian musicians and travel around. other people, and was going into people's apartments and tripping all around the subways, insane taxi rides at three in the morning with lots of other friendly Russians. In Moscow I was wandering around at t le h m re s e ; a n n o d pr t o o b u l r e i mn s th a e t a m ll o . r I n w in o g u - ld n n o o t p h r a o v b e done it, but had I not met these people. I figured we'd do the gigs, maybe meet a few folks, have a bite, and then I would g m o al b ly a t c h k e to pa t t h te e rn ho o t n el th ro e o r m oa , d w f h o i r c m h e is , w le a s y s . th I e do o n p 't po n r o t r u m ni a ty lly p h re a s n e g nt o s ut its a el l f o . t a n A n u o n n y r d it did-I wasn't looking for it, this guy was so warm and. hospitable.He shared a flat with his wife and child and.another guy, a sculptor, with his wife-a music teacher-and their two kids.[They lived) in this big kind of common space. And were about five minutes from the hotel, so, we'd go over there every night and have a big spread. It was wonderful . I brought Paul over a couple nights, and . they were just thrilled to meet Paul. And Paul was gassed by it, 'cause they were so friendly and so giving. This guy had some watercolors of his in Leningrad; he made these gigantic walnut frames, and t g h r e a n d t t o o ok ou a r 1 n 2 e - x h t ou g r ig t , ra p in re r s id e e nt f i r n o g m n L in e e nin o f these things, this big heavy bundle.He traveled all that way to give them to us. Just a wonderful, giving person. But this guy had loved music since he was 13; he heard it on Radio Free Jazz. ma A n n c d es h i e n 's his see lif n e o m f ay W b e e ste fi rn ve g p ro e u rf p o s r. He's now 40. So for him it was wonderful. o It u w s a a s b g o r u e t at th fo e r m us a , s to th o e . y I w w a e s re jus a t b a o s ut cu u r s i. Never an awkward moment with anybody about anything.It makes you realize, the governments manufacture this stuff to keep us apart from each other, but on a o ch n a e n -t g o e -o s n i e tua l t e io v n e , l, it' o s r ju i s n t s a o e c a u s lt y u . ra N l ev e e xr t a u n r y al p ly r , o b b u le t m th . e I r me e w a a n s , mwe o ' r r e e t d h if a f n er e en n t o c u u g l h in common to talk about.Just wonderful people. They're great. CSQ: What were the other two places like? JS: Two smaller towns which were Polish before the war. One called Vilnius and one called Kaunus, essentially much t m o o n r o e m Wou e s s , t t e h r e n y in ha t v h e e t ir h o e u ir t o lo w o n k. la V n e g r u y a a g u e , which I guess is Lithuanian, but it doesn't sound like Russian. They're both in Lithuania, within an hour and a half from each other. 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