The second Tbilisi Jazz Festival was held in Tbilisi Philharmonic Concert Hall 13-22 May 1986 and was organized by Ministry of Culture of Georgian Soviet Socialistic Republic (GSSR), Soiusconcert, Union of Georgian Composers, Tbilisi City Council of People Delegates, Central Committee of Youth Lenin Communist Union of Georgia, TV and Radio State Committee GSSR, Physical Culture and Sport State Committee GSSR, Musical-Choreographic Society of Georgia, Counsel of Trade Union of Georgia, Tbilisi Record Studio of All-Union Firm "Melodia", Ministry of High and Special Education of GSSR, Professional-Technical Education Committee of GSSR and Georgian State Philharmonic. Besides the groups from USSR groups from Socialistic Republics participated in it:

Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra (Moscow), Ensemble "Kadans" of Herman Lukianov (Moscow), Ensemble "Allegro" of Nikolai Levinski (Moscow), Viacheslav Ganelin Trio (Vilnius), Igor Brill Ensemble (Moscow), Aleksei Kuznetsov Trio (Moscow), Tatevik Oganesian & Micael Zadarian (Erevan), Leonid Chizhik (Moscow), Rein Rannap (Talin), Kim Nazaretov Big-Band (Rostov), R.Raubishko & G.Rozenberg Jazz Group (Riga), A.Knesis Sextet (Riga), David Azarian Trio (Erevan), Ensemble "Teatron" of Givi Gachechiladze (Tbilisi), Leonid Vintskevich (Kursk), V.Konovaltsev Band (Moscow), V.Budarin Band (Novosibirsk), Ensemble "Moskvorechie" (Moscow), G.Pushin Band (Tashkent), Ensemble "Dustar" (Ufa), Ensemble "Cheliabinsk" of V.Nagorni (Cheliabinsk), Ensemble "Retro" (Riga), Bill Veski Band (Talin), Helmut Aniko Band (Talin), Tita Paulus Trio (Talin), Arvo Pillirooga Band (Talin), George Nakaidze Quintet (Tbilisi), Rafik Babaev Band (Baku), Aziza Mustafa-Zade (Baku), Piatras Vishniauskas Band (Vilnius), Lithuania State Conservatory Big-Band (Vilnius), Vladimir Chekasin Band (Vilnius), Kurashvili-Okun-Epanishnikov Trio (Tbilisi-Moscow), Ensemble "Boomerang" (Moscow), Otar Magradze Quartet (Tbilisi), David Goloshokin Band (Leningrad), Sergai Terentiev (Odesa), Larisa Dolina (Moscow), Elvin Makarian (Erevan), Giuli Chokheli (Tbilisi), Guliko Chanturia (Tbilisi), David Japaridze (Tbilisi), George Mataxa (Alma-Ata), Alexander Manjgaladze Big-Band (Tbilisi), T.Nadirashvili Quintet (Tbilisi), Kutaisi Pioneers Palace Orchestra of D.Janelidze (Kutaisi), G.Shatberashvili Band (Tbilisi).Antal Lakatosh Band (HUN), Tomash Lukalski Band (POL), Jazz Quintet "Barokko" (CZK), Jazz Quartet "Focus" (BUL), Ernst-Ludvig Petrovski & Ushi Bruning Ensemble (GDR).