The Ukrainian Youth Jazz Band includes some of the best jazz musicians aged 14-20 from several cities (Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv, Lviv, etc.). The band was created after a selection process leading to the 25th International Jazz Festival "Vinnytsia Jazzfest", for which they prepared a programme with renowned mentors Ray Brown (USA), Robert Anchipolovski(Israel), Oleksiy Petukhov and Oksana Slavna (Ukraine). The  band was created to inspire the next generation of Ukrainian jazz musicians and represent the Ukrainian jazz scene on the world stage.