Salman Gambarov organized Bakustik Jazz band in 1996. Gambarov is the only permanent member of the band. The band has participated in many international jazz festivals since 1996.
Below some festivals are given: 1998 — GIFT Festival — (Tbilisi, Georgia) 1999 — Oriental Jazz Fest — (Germany) 1999 — Transsib Inter Jazz — (Novosibirsk, Russia) 2001 — Art of Improvisation — (Odessa, Ukraine) 2001 — Transcaucasia: Reconstruction of broken contacts — (Ulan Bator, Mongolia) 2001 — New music from the last century — Festival of Modern Music — (Baku, Azerbaijan) 2002 — Caspian Jazz and Blues Festival — (Baku, Azerbaijan) 2003 — 21. Zelt-Musik-Festival — (Freiburg, Germany) 2006 — Astana Blues — II International Festival of Jazz Music — (Astana, Kazakhstan) 2007 — Montreux Jazz Festival — (Switzerland) 2008 — Kaunas Jazz Festival — (Lithuania) 2008 — Beethovenfest — (Bonn, Germany) 2009 — Morgenland Festival Osnabrück - (Germany) 2009 — Montreux Jazz Festival — (Switzerland)