An international jazz festival “Jazz Bishkek Spring” finished yesterday in Bishkek. I present photographs from the second and third days of the festival. Top-down: the Kyrgyz group “Aura”, a singer Aidai, the Uzbek group “Artsah”, Saadet Turkez and Nils Vogram, the Tajic group “Mizrob”.

I have come across a video and comment on it by gojazz321 on www.uk.youtube.com:
The best jazz band in Central Asia. I walked into a restaurant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and was blown away by these guys. The band leader is drummer Bakyt Kydykbaev, and his sons Erkin (bass) and Kuban (saxophone) play in the band […]

Good news! Eldar Djangirov’s “re-imagination” recieves 2007 Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album! Eldar is a Kyrgyzstani guy who is only 20 years old, but he already achieved lots of success in the world of music.
According to the information from his website, Eldar’s path from Bishkek to the United States is the stuff of […]