Cool & Jazzy

Cool & Jazzy was founded in summer 1994 by the Smirnovs brothers, Mark and Yuri, graduates of Gnesin Academy and Arts College. They were greatly influenced by vocal jazz bands like Singers Unlimited, Take 6 and New York Voices. After two months Yuri Saulsky invited the band to give its first performance at the Composers' House that turned out to be a great success. The band proved to be highly professional and soon started to give solo concerts in Moscow clubs.They released a number of a cappella jingles for Russian radio stations like Russian Radio, Radio Russia Nostalgie, Moscow Echo, AutoRadio as well as for regional radio and TV companies. They toured around Russia, took part in music festivals in Saint Petersburg, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Panevejise (Lithuania). In summer 1995 they gave the first concert at the Central Music House in Moscow and in the summer of 1996 made a month-tour around Germany.

In 1999 Cool & Jazzy celebrated its five-year anniversary and organized the first international a cappella festival at the Chaikovsky Hall in Moscow with the Man Sound band (Kiev) and Pavel Sharomov's Kvintet (Novosibirsk). They participated in Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux (Switzerland), Choir Olympiade in Lenz (Austria), Tampere Savel in Tampere (Finland), VoKaL ToTaL in Graz (Austria). Summer 2001 was particularly successful for the band when Cool & Jazzy won second price in Lenz, was awarded Ward Swingle Award in Graz and successfully performed in Montreux as well as a number of concerts in Austria and Italy. Since fall 2001 Cool & Jazzy has maintained close ties with the Moscow Jazz Association and Yuri Saulsky, the director, and has taken part in all the festivals organized by the Association. In December 2001 Cool & Jazzy participated in Jazz Voices, an international jazz festival, organized by E. Edelman in Moscow. In spring 2002 Cool & Jazzy toured Russia and the CIS-countries together with New York Voices.

Discography

A Cappella

Intro Bei Mir Bistu Shein Katyusha Conte Partiro Cheek to Cheek Brazasia Moscow Korobeiniki Ils Aimment Hava Nagila The End

Founded in the summer of 1994 in Russia by Mark and Yuri Smirnovs, and influenced by Singers Unlimited, Take 6 and the New York Voices, the 3 man, 3 woman Cool & Jazzy has won international contests and festivals, including the Ward Swingle Award. The group sings live, dynamic and energetic music with their own arrangements in a wide assortment of languages. Their 4th CD, "A Cappella," features 11 songs, "Intro," "Bei mir bistu shein," "Katyusha," "Conte partiro," "Cheek to Cheek," "Brazasia," "Moscow," "Korobeiniki," "Ils aimment," "Hava Nagila," and, appropriately, "The End." We were thinking we had heard, for instance, "Cheek to Cheek," but never anything like this. These 6 brilliant singers take a song and make it their own. From Russia with Jazz!
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