Animal Jazz

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Animal Jazz
Background information
Origin	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genres	Alternative rock post-grunge art rock indie rock alternative metal
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. They were formed in 2000. As of 2020, they have released 15 studio albums, including five acoustic albums.

Overview[]

Animal Jazz formed in Saint Petersburg on 22 December 2000.

They have been nominated twice for the 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".

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

Discography[]

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Electric albums

• Animalизм (Animalism) (2002)
• Стереолюбовь (Stereolove) (2004)
• Как Люди (Like People) (2004)
• Шаг Вдох (Step Inhale) (2007)
• Эгоист (Egoist) (2009
• Animal ДжаZ (Animal Jazz) (2011)
• Фаза быстрого сна (REM Sleep Phase) (2013)
• Хранитель весны (Keeper of Spring) (2015)
• Счастье (Happiness) (2018)
• Время любить (Time to Love) (2019)

Acoustic albums

• Unplugged (2005)
• Unplugged II: раритеты (Unplugged II: Rarities) (2006)
• 1:0 в пользу осени (1:0 in Favor of Autumn) (2007)
• AZXV: Акустика (AZXV: Acoustics) (2016)
• Acoustic with Detsl (2018)

Soundtracks

• Graffiti (2006)

Compilations

• The Best (2004)
• Single Collection (2005)
• AZXV (2015)
• Шаг Вдох. Трибьют (Step Inhale. Tribute) (2017)

References[]

External links[]

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