The Uralski Jazzband belongs to the most important traditional bonds of the Russian Jazz scene. The famous trumpet player Igor Burko founded his band 20 years ago in Chelyabinsk, 2,000 km from Moscou, with seven professional musicians, all graduates of the Musical College. Under the musical genius OLEG PLOTNICOV the band reached the pink of perfection, based on harmonical discipline and improvisation talents. The moment these Ural jazz musicians presented their Russian-influenced jazz in the West, the enthusiasm of the public mounted to the highest pitch. The band has already toured in Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain. The International Jazz Information Centre Netherlands produced their first CD at TIMELESS RECORDS label. On the repertoire list of the band there are classical numbers by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin and other jazz musicians and also the arrangements of Russian folk songs and songs by Russian composers adapted to Dixie style.

The Ural's All Stars playing is remarkable for the mellow singing of Nayil Zagidullin's trombone combined with the hot trumpet of Igor Burko, backed up by the clarinet of Vyatcheslav Shaskov and the rhythm section consisting of Oleg Plotnicov (piano), Sergey Uzkih (upright electric bass), Sergey Noskov (banjo) and ever-smiling, fun-loving Andrey Makasov on Sonor Drum-kit. The individuality of each musician adds to the general sound of what is called 'Dixieland' with its never-ending vivacity and drive, sudden blue passages based on harmonical discipline and richness of piano back-ups and breaks.