Animal Jazz

Animal Jazz
Animal Jazz
Background information
Origin	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genres	Rock
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Kap-Kan Records
Website	animaljazz.com
Members	Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski; Igor Buligin; Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski; Sergey Kivin; Alexander Zarankin
Past members	Sergey Egorov; Boris Golodec; Stanislav Gavrilov; Andey Kazachenko; Yan Lemskiy; Gennadiy Mikrukov

Animal ДжаZ ("ДжаZ" can be transliterated as "jazz", although "Джаз" is the usual Russian spelling) is a Saint Petersburg-based band playing alternative rock and pop rock. Since their formation in 2000, they have released 11 records, including 3 acoustic albums.

History

The band was formed in the autumn of 2000, with the official formation date of 22 December 2000.

They have been nominated twice for the Fuzz Magazine Awards and played at both ceremonies: in 2003 as "Best New Band" and in 2004 as "Best Live Band".

In August 2006, Animal Jazz headlined the alternative stage of the biggest Russian open-air rock festival, Nashestvie.

The band was nominated in a few categories for RAMP 2008 (Rock Alternative Music Prize) and won in the categories "Best song of the year" and "Soundtrack of the year".

In 2009, they released the album Egoist.[1]

Animal Jazz have opened for:

Rollins Band (Moscow, 24 January 2002, and St. Petersburg, 25 January 2002)
Garbage (St. Petersburg, 2 July 2002)
Clawfinger (Moscow, 26 September 2003)
The Rasmus (St. Petersburg, 15 October 2004)
Linkin Park (St. Petersburg, 1 June 2014, and Moscow, 2 June 2014)

Band members

Current members

Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski - Vocals
Igor Buligin - Bass
Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski - Guitar
Sergey Kivin - Drums
Alexander Zarankin - Keyboards

Former members

Sergey Egorov (2000–2004) - Drums
Boris Golodec (2000–2004) - Keyboards
Stanislav Gavrilov (2004–2005) - Keyboards
Andey Kazachenko (2005–2007) - Keyboards
Yan Lemskiy (2004–2008) - Drums
Gennadiy Mikrukov (2006–2012) - Director

Discography[2]

2002 — Animalизм ("Animalism")
2004 — Стереолюбовь ("Stereolove")
2004 — Как Люди ("Like People")
2007 — Шаг-Вдох ("Step-Inhale")
2009 — Эгоист ("Egoist")
2011 — Animal ДжаZ ("Animal Jazz")
2013 — Фаза быстрого сна ("Rapid eye movement sleep")
2015 — Хранитель весны ("Keeper of Spring")
2018 — Счастье ("Happiness")

Acoustic albums

2005 — Unplugged
2006 — Unplugged II: раритеты ("Unplugged II: Rarities")
2007 — 1:0 в пользу осени ("1:0 in favor of Autumn")
2016 — AZXV: Акустика ("AZXV: Acoustics")

References

Animal Jazz и Zero People записали кавер-версии «Аквариума»
"Альбомы «Animal ДжаZ»". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.

External links

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[1] Animal Jazz и Zero People записали кавер-версии «Аквариума»

[2] "Альбомы «Animal ДжаZ»". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.