‘Giant Steppes of Jazz’ an international jazz festival will be held at Nightlight Street of UB on 7 September. Starting at 8.00 p.m. jazz bands and singers from Mongolia and Japan will fill the Mongolian capital’s ‘coolest’ street with music.

The music genre of jazz originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in late 19^th century and beginning of 20^th century. The ‘Bayan Mongol’ ensemble has a place in the history books for being instrumental in spreading jazz music in Mongolia in the 1950s.