Teamed up by its present artistic director Raimundas Arnašius, DixXband is actively performing in Lithuania and abroad already for six years. The band mostly performs the music of New Orleans and jazz standards.
DixXband is one of the most popular and professional Dixieland bands in Lithuania. Having given over 500 concerts so far, the band performs in music clubs, jazz festivals, urban festivities, corporate events. In 2007 the band won the Grand Prix and the audience prize at the Euro Jazz festival competition in Rueil-Malmaison, France.
Besides traditional Dixieland repertoire, DixXband also performs blues, jazz rock, Latin music and rock'n'roll. All members of DixXband are professional musicians, performing in other groups and teaching.
Larger projects where DixXband has participated:
International music festival "Słowian Sobótka 2008", Poland
International jazz festival "Birštonas Jazz 2008"
International jazz festival "Vilnius City Jazz 2007"
International jazz festival "Euro Jazz 2007", Rueil-Malmaison, France
International jazz festival "Mazurian Jazz Fiesta – Giżycko 2006", Poland
Dixieland music festival "Druskininkai Band 2006"
Festival "International Jazz Music Days in Vinnytsia 2005", Ukraine
Elections of the Woman of the Year 2005, Vilnius
The 3rd Convention of Santa Clauses, 2005, Kaunas
Seafest in Klaipėda, 2005
International jazz festival "Birštonas 2004"
Lithuanian championship of hot air balloons "The Cup of Gubernija 2004"
Kaunas City Days, 2004
Dixieland Parade 2003/2004 in Vilnius
International jazz festival "Kaunas Jazz 2004"
International festival "Neringa 2003", Juodkrantė
Dixieland and bigband festival "Vilnius Band 2003"
Group members:
Raimundas Arnašius - tp
Tomas Razmus - ss, ts
Remigijus Terminas - tb, perc
Rolandas Babraitis - ky
Aleksandras Dunis - g, bj
Evaldas Andziulis - dr
Natalia Vasnevskaya - voc