Selected Events in 2004

Jazz at the Russian Embassy

December 15, 2004. The Russian and American embassy sponsored a jazz concert with American and Russsian artists at the Russian embassy on December 15, 2004. The evening began with a performance by the band "Jazz Lab". Then Russian saxophone player Igor Butman and his band, the Butman Quartett, and American singer Jocelyn B. Smith performed jazz and blues standards. Photo from left: Ambassador Coats, the Butman Quartett with Jocelyn B. Smith, Ambassador Kotenev.

	Joint hosts for the evening. Ambassador Coats and Ambassador Kotenev.	Igor Butman gives everything when he's playing. Full size	Jocelyn B. Smith Full size

	Igor Butman's saxaphone. Full size	An attentive and appreciative audience.	The Jazz Lab during the opening set. Full size
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