JaZZ in Russia

Jazz at the Old Fortress Produced by: Helicon Jazz Club (Anatole Berestov) Annual (since 1981; April) Contact: Helicon Jazz Club, 2 Pokryshkina St., Novokuznetsk 654025 Russia; tel. (7)(3843) 468-309, fax: (7)(3843) 459-280; e-mail - helicon@nvkz.kuzbass.net This festival in an industrial Siberian city is one of the oldest and most exotic in Russia. In the very middle of core Asia, between mighty Taiga forests and ancient Altai mountains that gave birth to medieval Tartar empires, best Russian jazzmen and brave Western guests (like Eddy Gomez, Lenny White, Valery Ponomarev, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson etc.) play excellent jazz in a luxurious 500-seat jazz club which looks better than almost any American club! Venue: Helicon Jazz Club