World Citizen Band is an international contemporary jazz ensemble that originated in Berlin, Germany in 2011. The band brought together musicians from all over the world with the goal of uniting different cultures through music.
This band started as a collaboration between guitarist Ramiro Olaciregui and double bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen (familiar to our listeners from the Kemaca Kinetic Trio) in 2011. moving to Germany with a desire to expand their musical horizons, Olaciregui and Knudsen quickly secured a place in the Berlin jazz scene as leaders of several bands under their name. Invited to participate in the Ecuador Jazz Festival, these two musicians decided to join forces and create the World Citizen Band. The name of this group is based on the current situation of many musical communities in the world, where the constant interaction between musicians of different nationalities is becoming more and more evident. The 6 members of this group all have a nomadic lifestyle, having all emigrated from their home country to gain a wider perspective and understanding of the changing world of jazz music. It is safe to say that they are all "citizens of the world".