Animal Jazz
Animal Jazz performing in 2009
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
Members	Alexander Krasovitski Igor Buligin Evgenyi Ryahovski Sergey Kivin Alexander Zarankin
Past members	Sergey Egorov Boris Golodec Stanislav Gavrilov Andey Kazachenko Yan Lemskiy Gennadiy Mikrukov
Website	animaljazz.com

Animal ДжаZ ("ДжаZ" can be transliterated as "jazz", although "Джаз" is the usual Russian spelling) is a Russian, 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.

Band members

Current

• Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski – vocals
• Igor Buligin – bass
• Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski – guitar
• Sergey Kivin – drums
• Alexander Zarankin – keyboards

Past

• 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

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)