Doo-Bop Sound

The secret of Doo-Bop Sound provokes strong interest among jazz lovers of intense, timbre-active modern jazz. Uniting the rhythms of jazz-rock with electronic sounds of keyboards and at other times also a saxophone, with masterly improvisations in the manner of stop jazz, filling the compositions with funky rhymes, the band has occupied a fitting place in St. Petersburg's musical club culture. One of the important features of the sextet is their own original compositions. And if a jazz standard is on the way, then in the hands of the band this standard gets a new form, which one cannot foresee, because the fantasy of the musicians is unlimited and the irrepressible energy holds the listeners' attention during the performance. Doo-Bop Sound is the only band in Russia that creatively uses the heritage of Miles Davis.

The Doo-Bop Sound band was created in January 1997 in St. Petersburg. Their first performances took place in jazz and underground clubs, and as a result their first "sample" CD, Live and Funky, was released.

Accumulating new compositions and ideas and being led to success with the help of the gifted leader Alexey Popov, the band little by little has grown more and more popular. People have started talking about them, and their live performances have come to light. The band successfully played at the festival Slavyanski Bazar in summer 1999, and in autumn 1999 the Jazz-Kvadrat magazine published an interview with the band.

The presentation of the first official album, Acid Man, took place on December 30, 2000. The album was released on the Bomba-Piter label and consists of 15 excellent tracks. This disc features a lot of performers: from famous jazz vocalists to DJ Primat. The disc was recorded at the Benefis studio in St. Petersburg and produced by the Volkswagen concern and the famous jazz critic, the author of the Petersburg jazz encyclopedia, Vladimir Feyertag.

Another great cooperative experience was the Lera Gehner Project. Lera's charming vocal reveals new horizons for the band's professional growth; the project's live performances never leave the public indifferent. The CD Today I'm Part Of You, Dear… which came out in 2004 had great success among the St. Petersburg jazz audience.

Currently the project leader Alexey Popov has been working with the talented drummer from Moscow Pyotr Ivshin. Their CD, recorded with other great local musicians, was released under the name St. Petersburg Funk Alliance.

English text
by Yaroslav Senshin