Animal Jazz was formed in Saint Petersburg during the autumn of 2000. They have twice been nominated for Fuzz Magazine Awards, as "Best New Band" in 2003 and "Best Live Band" in 2004. They played sets during the awards ceremonies in both years. In August, 2006, Animal Jazz headlined the alternative stage at Russia's biggest open-air rock festival "Nashestvie." Band Members: Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitsky - vocal Igor Buligin -bass guitar Evgeniy "Johnson" Ryahovsky - guitar, back vocal Alexandr Zarankin - keyboards Sergey Kivin - drums Sergey Egorov - (2000 - 2004) drums Boris Golodec - (2000 - 2004) keyboards Stanislav Gavrilov - (2004 - 2005) keyboards Andrey Kazachenko - (2005 - 2007) keyboards Yan Lemskiy - (2004 - 2008) drums Discography: Антракт ("Antrakt", Intermission) - maxi-single, release date 10.05.2002 Animalизм (Animalizm) - studio LP, release date 24.11.2002 15 - maxi-single, release date 9.03.2003 ОранджаZ (Oranjazz) - live-album, release date 16.03.2002 Если дышишь ("Esli Dyshish", If breathing) - maxi-single, release date 21.06.2003 Болеро для Марлен Дитрих (Bolero for Marlen Ditrich) - maxi-single, release date 28.09.2003 Стереолюбовь ("StereoLubov", Stereolove) - studio LP, release date 31.01.2004 Как люди ("Kak Ludi", Like People) - studio LP, release date 19.10.2004 The Best - studio LP, release date 06.11.2004 Unplugged (Acoustic) - studio LP, release date 01.11.2005 Unplugged. Part II: Raritets (Acoustic) - studio LP, release date 20.06.2006 Шаг Вдох ("Shag Vdokh", Step. Breathe.) - maxi-single, release date 26.01.2007 Шаг Вдох ("Shag Vdokh", Step. Breathe.) - studio LP, release 26.01.2007 1:0 в пользу осени ("1:0 v polzu oseni", 1:0 in favor of autumn) - studio LP, acoustic, release 21.10.2007 Я - (Me) maxi-single, release 10.03.2008 Эгоист (Egoist) - maxi-single, release 13.03.2009 Animal ДжаZ - studio LP, release 25.03.2011 http://animaljazz.com