ABSTRACT
Based on the interviews with musicians and jazz fans, the second chapter investigates how Tallinn ’67 was remembered by its participants. The length of the material introducing particular individuals, however, varies greatly depending on the source material available. The discussions focus not only on memories of the festival, but extend to more reflections in which the interviewees have the opportunity to share the details of their life-journey, and which helps to reveal the role of individual agency in Soviet/Estonian jazz culture. Among those appearing with in-depth autobiographical stories are historian and compere Vladimir Feyertag, pianist Yuri Vikharev, Russian pianist Boris Frumkin, the Estonians, guitarist Tiit Paulus and singer Els Himma and Latvian jazz fan Leonid Nidbalsky. The chapter also includes what I call meditated oral memories in the form of autobiographical books.
