For the first time musicians from two different countries will jam together simultaneously in a concert to be broadcast live on the Internet.

Internationally-renowned British saxophonist George Haslam and his legendary Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Kozlov will team up for the concert entitled Jazz@The Speed of Light on September 15.

While Mr Haslam is blowing his saxaphone in Pipex's Hinshelwood Building on the Oxford Science Park, Mr Kozlov, his band and the Lasse Lindgran trio from Finland will join him from live on stage at the Koktebel Jazz Festival in the Ukraine.

The concert has been made possible by technology only recently developed which allows musicians to remain in sync, without any time delay, even though they are thousands of miles apart.

Events such as Live Aid broadcast music simultaneously from different locations but used expensive satellite links and ISDN lines rather than the Internet.

Concert organiser Jennie Corrigan said: "Mr Haslam's notes played live in the UK will harmonise perfectly with those of the rest of the band playing live on stage in Koktebel as they all jam together.

"Jazz@the Speed of Light is going to be the world's premiere Internet concert with world-famous jazz musicians across geographical boundaries in front of a large audience.

"Pipex, Oxford, has very kindly agreed to host this prestigious event and to supply the simultaneous, high-speed telephone lines currently needed to make the event a success."

World-renowned jazz musicians will perform live on the main stage of the festival together with other jazz celebrities in remote studios across Europe connected via the Internet. Musicians will be able to see each other and hear high-quality sound, as if they were on the same stage.

The concert is due to be staged on Friday, at 8.30pm UK time and 22.30 Ukraine time.

To listen to the concert go to http://jsl.musigy.com