Latvian Radio Big Band was founded in 1966. The first name of the band was the Latvian SSR Television and Radio Broadcasting Orchestra. In 1992, it was renamed the Latvian Radio Light Music and Jazz Orchestra until it was renamed the Latvian Radio Big Band.

The first big band leader and conductor was composer Ringolds Ore, but from 1968 to 1991 the big band was led by Alnis Zaķis. The Latvian Radio Big Band was also led by Raimonds Pauls and Gunārs Rozenbergs. Alexander Smirnov, Vitaly Dolgov and others have also worked with the band. Renewed in 2012, the big band is continuously expanding its creative search in cooperation with world-class musicians and vocalists. Today, the big band has managed to establish good cooperation with a number of internationally acclaimed jazz performers from all over the world. Among them, the legendary American jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and outstanding Italian jazz diva Roberta Gambarini.