Jazz Band Moscow

This Moscow-based jazz ensemble plays in the style of swing and mainstream jazz, focusing on the original "old" jazz aesthetic, combined with a modern approach. The band formed in 2008 and features instruments like clarinet, guitar, double bass, drums, and occasionally alto saxophone, vocals, and other instruments for a more powerful lineup.

This instrumentation is perfect for playing acoustic jazz styles—ranging from conservative French gypsy jazz or Benny Goodman's style swing to more modern bebop or bossa-nova. All musicians are passionate about the music, a rare quality sometimes lost during the formal music education necessary to play high-quality jazz.

Since its beginning, the Russian Jazz Band has been playing for dancers, mostly at the Moscow Swing Dance Club. Their first performance there was a hit, capturing the atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties. Since then, the band has played regular concerts at dance balls, blues nights, jazz clubs, festivals, and open-air concerts.

Apart from lively toe-tapping jazz, the band can make it cool when requested to play at numerous exhibitions, presentations, business meetings, weddings, and more. In this setting, the elegance of jazz, understated pulse, and natural, acoustic sound create a perfect atmosphere for any gathering.

The repertoire includes early hot jazz, swing, gypsy jazz, blues, dixieland, bossa-nova, early bebop, and cool jazz tunes. A little jazz rendition of hit tunes is thrown in now and then to add excitement. Merging the authentic and the modern, the Jazz Band's creed is keeping a true jazz aesthetic while being themselves.