The UJIG project was born in 2014, during a series of workshops held by the Berklee College of Music at Umbria Jazz Clinics in Perugia, with the aim of creating an international group that could mix different genres, from jazz to rock, whilst keeping a strong European identity. The band consists of Austrian musicians Konstantin Kräutler and David Ambrosch, and Italian musicians Edoardo Maggioni and Marco Leo. In 2014, the quartet conceived "8 Out Of 8", their first album containing eight unpublished tracks of experimental jazz, with fusion and rock influences. Over the last 6 years, UJIG has played live in several clubs and jazz festivals in Italy, Austria and Germany.In 2017 and 2018 Ujig developed and recorded "The necessity of Falling" Album, 8 tracks with jazz, rock and prog influences.In 2020 Cesare Pizzetti has joined the band as Upright player and in january 2021 The Italian-Austrian group has recorded their third album "Ujigami", released on October 8th 2021. On the track "Tano" Ujig featured the Italian trumpet player @Fabrizio Bosso, and on the tracks "Odota" and "Pohjoinen" featured the Bow Tie Orchestra from Moscow.