Notes of Deception: How a Quartet of American Musicians Outwitted the KGB

The untold story of four Jewish American musicians-turned-amateur-spies who risked everything to aid “refuseniks” in the Soviet Union.

In 1985, while the United States engaged in a battle of nuclear brinkmanship, four Americans landed in Moscow on a mission to smuggle secret information in and out using music as their cipher. Under the watchful eye of the KGB, the group faced countless challenges and risks—because they weren’t trained in espionage. In fact, they were musicians with the New E...