The Moskitos

The Moskitos: Putting The Pop! Back Into Jazz

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1999

Remember “Midnight in Moscow"? Back in 1961 Kenny Ball had quite a hit with that one for popular music and Dixieland. Remember “Tequila?" The Champs did something similar in 1958 by topping the pop charts with that unique instrumental number. The members of this quintet are much too young to remember those years, but they’ve obviously been exposed to the recordings. Five teenagers from Moscow (Russia), The Moskitos perform popular songs in a mainstream jazz style, mixing smooth jazz with ...