Jennifer Davis-lead vocals
Konstantin Limonov-guitar & back vox
Andrey Kuraev-bass
Denis Kupcov-drums & percussion
Alexei Kalinin-percussion
Sergei Egorov-percussion & back vox
Ilia Rogachevsky-keys & piano
Kanev Aleksei-bariton sax & back vox
Grigorii Zontov-tenor sax & back vox
Vladislav Alexandrov-trombone & back vox
Sokolov Evgenii-trumpet & back vox
In 2001, the famous Russian ska-punk band Spitfire started a spin-off project called St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review in collaboration with members of the St. Petersburg-based, afro-Caribbean band Markscheider Kunst. The initial idea was to create a program comprised mostly of jazz standards such as Sidewinder, Corcovado, Four and original ska tunes (St. Thomas, Man in the Street) to perform at the Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival (SKIF) in April '01.
The line-up of this band included the baritone-sax and percussion players of Markscheider Kunst as well as all members of Spitfire. The show attracted great interest and the band continued to play live gigs on the Russian club scene. SPb Ska-Jazz Review’s debut album was recorded in March '02 at Dobrolet studio in St. Petersburg and was released in Russia in the spring of 2002 on the small independent label Zvezda Records.
Soon after the release of the first album, American vocalist Jennifer Davis joined the line-up, and the band went to work on its second album, Too Good To Be True, recorded in April 2004. This album features mostly original material and was released in Russia on the Shnur’OK label and in Europe and the United States on Megalith Records. The first SPb Ska-Jazz Review album was re-released on the well-known German ska label, Grover Records, in January 2005 and was supported by an extensive German and Swiss tour. The band also recorded a live concert CD/DVD entitled “Live at Red Club” in December 2006 and is currently working on material for a forthcoming studio album.
SPb Ska-Jazz Review is a band that crosses borders both musically and physically fusing the dynamic contrasts of sweet harmonies and hard-driving polyrhythms, improvisation and tight orchestra playing, East and West, and machismo and feminine wiles to create fiercely energetic and inspiring music transcending the boundaries dictated by genre. This band swings as hard as it skanks.
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Emergenza Russia started new season! If you are ready to burn the stage - move your ass to www.emergenza.net or www.emergenza-russia.ru!!! International contest for unsigned bands is awaiting for you!
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
OK, so somehow or another, our Tampa fans voted us all the way out to you guys, and well we didn't mind playing the Warped Tour at all. Same bunch of people are running another contest, and we'd be coming out there again for a BOTB to play the PacTour. So if you wanna' get us out there, click the box, register, and vote every day or whatever. But yeah... it'd be a good gig for us, so help us out eh? Thanks - Kc & I.E.
Sanfte Latinklänge, cafehaustauglich und chillig. Dann doch wieder Partymusik, funky bis die Füße brennen, Retro-Soul-Anleihen, als seien die 70er gerade mal ne Woche her und melodramatische Balladen, die einem das Wasser in die Augen treiben. Das alles aus dem Ruhrpott, dem größten urbanen Haufen der Welt, dort wo die Sonne verstaubt und die Menschen einen Pulsschlag aus Stahl haben sollen. Die sieben Freunde sind jetzt aufgebrochen, um die Welt mit ihrer Musik zu erobern.
So spannend kann deutsche Popmusik sein. Der hörbare Beweis: Eklektizismus wird hierzulande zu Unrecht als Schimpfwort benutzt. Das E-Team verbindet alles souverän zu einer eigenen musikalischen Visitenkarte. Der charmante Ausnahmeunterhalter und seine Kapelle überzeugen gnadenlos. Wir freuen uns über die Chöre seiner Baby-Baby-Babes, über die perfekt geölte Rhythmusmaschine und die Klangkapriolen des Percussionisten und vergessen dabei, dass „Trauriger Novembertag“ doch ein trauriger Song ist. Dieses Ensemble versteht nicht nur was von Spaß, sie verbreiten ihn auch.
Die Legende des Expeditionsteams ist mittlerweile verklärt zu einem Mythos: In den 20er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts im Zeppelin nach Mexiko geflogen, um auf eine wagemutige Expedition zu gehen. Gerüchte von El Dorado machen die Runde, andere munkeln vom sagenhaften Schatz des Montezuma. Verschollen im ewigen Eis der Antarktis, um in einem späteren Jahrtausend, zufällig gefunden, dank modernster Technik aufgetaut zu werden. Aber wer glaubt schon an Zufälle. Lange Zeit als medizinisches Wunder weltweit zur Schau gestellt, entfliehen sie dem Zirkus, um quicklebendig als formidable Musikkapelle eine zweite Karriere zu starten. Es würde Abende dauern, das Drama dieser Expedition in Gänze zu erzählen – an anderer Stelle mehr davon. Nie gehört vom Expeditionsteam? Nun, vertrauen Sie mir, das wird sich sehr schnell ändern.
Bring your friends will ya? This show's a high stakes Battle of the Bands we'd appreciate some serious local support! Hope to see you there... Thanks - I.E.
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