In April and May of 1963, Teddy Charles, accompanied by an all-star group of musicians, recorded Russia Goes Jazz: Swinging Themes From the Great Russian Composers (United Artists). The point of the LP, conceived by Teddy, was to record Russian classical works that influenced American popular songs.
One of the songs on the album was Borodin Bossa Nova, r…
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