Get a taste of jazz
Delhi is all set to sway with the romantic notes of saxophone from different countries on one platform, as Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Seher presents the second year of the three day Delhi Jazz Festival from March 16-18, 2012 at Nehru Park.
This year, some of the top notch jazz bands from across the globe are participating in the festival including Woktek Mazolewski Quintet (Poland), HFT (India), The Louiz Banks Matrixx (India), Dini Virsaladze Quartet (Georgia), Moonarra (India), EOL TRIO (France), Magos Herrara (Mexico), Bica-Daerr-Stick Trio (Germany) and Elkano Browning Cream (Spain).
People from France, USA, Germany, Belgium, Pakistan, Morocco, Sweden, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Singapore and many others are expected to visit Delhi’s most well-attended cultural festivals ever. Says Suresh Goel, DG, ICCR, “The impressive success of the first Delhi International Jazz festival last year, which witnessed about 10,000 people in Nehru Park, inspired its second edition. It also established that the audience has a broad horizon and eclectic taste for music.”
Suchet Malhotra, a multi-percussionist from HFT, shares that the band will be performing fusion of old and original melodies inspired by Indian music and culture. Performing for the first time, the band will play under the theme, ‘You Can Only Play, What You have lived’. “Our music is inspired by the Indian music, where we belong. We will also have terrific set of hybrid drums and instruments,” he adds.
Band Moonarra will be performing a set list consisting of vocal and instrumental compositions from its album Indian Accent. Jagadeesh M.R of the band says, “Jazz is like any other art form that needs patrons. ICCR along with SEHER is doing a tremendous for promoting the genre in India. I only see the festival growing, and we hope to see more bands from India in the Jazz festival.”
About the jazz scene in India, he says, “Earlier, Jazz was more popular in cities like Kolkata and Mumbai, but now it’s well-accepted in Bengaluru and Mumbai as well. With more Hindi pop and rock scene in Delhi, Jazz is still developing. I hope we give the Delhi audience a taste of jazz that appeals to listeners of all ages,” sums up Suchet.
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