Victor brought a bunch of tunes back with him that Soviet Union musicians gave him during his early 1960s tour with Benny Goodman.
He's joined by Nat Adderley, cornet, Harold Land, ts, Joe Zawinul, p, Bob Whitlock, b, and Frank Butler, d, on the first three tracks and add Carmel Jones, tpt, Herb Ellis, g, in place of Adderley, and Zawinul on tracks 4-6.