2025 was fruitful for the Russian jazz community. Dozens of jazz festivals were held in different cities. Dozens of albums by Russian jazz musicians were released. A series of books about jazz music was published. Jazz art activists received state awards.

Without pretending to be completely objective, I would like to offer my personal list of important events from this year.

Jazz Albums

Igor Butman, Moscow Jazz Orchestra, Images. Mussorgsky and Borodin (Butman Music)

Victoria Kaunova, Iliya Morozov 's Sextet, Reflections (Butman Music)

Kle2Go Trio, The Mockingbird (ArtBeat Music)

Krugly Band, Look...or 4/4 of the Path. In memory of Vladimir Kruglov (ArtBeat Music)

Makar Novikov (feat. Olivia Trummer, Alex Sipiagin, Donald Edwards & Gianni Gagliardi), Long Journey (Rainy Days)

Oleg Grymov, Petr Ivshin, Winter Dream (FANCYMUSIC)

Alexey Kruglov, Masami Suzuki, Song For My Friend. Seaside Conversation (Contempora Records)

Jazz Books

Vladimir Feyertag, Jazz Chronicles (Russian publishing house, Scythia)

Cyril Moshkov, The History of Musical Variety Styles (Igor Butman Foundation Publishing House)

Anatoliy Tekuchyov, Solos by great drummers (Compozitor Saint-Petersburg Publishing House)

Jazz Events

7th International Forum-Fest Jazz Across Вorders (JAB, Moscow, June 13-14, 2025)

The First All-Russian Scientific and Practical Forum on Jazz Education (JAB, Moscow, June 13-14, 2025)

Find of the year

The first recording of the Uralskiy Dixieland Jazz Ensemble (Chelyabinsk Regional Radio, 1969)