TheJazz Utsav 2007, an International jazz Festival, is being organized by a team of Jazz music lovers in Mumbai and Delhi - India over 3 days. Formerly the same Committee under the aegis of JAZZ INDIA organized the Jazz Yatra that was the longest running Jazz festival outside the USA.
Mumbai Amphitheatre at Bandra Bandstand, Bandra, Mumbai
Fri 23 Nov 07 Paula Jeanine (USA) Jake Fryer & the London Bebop Collective (UK) Sat 24 Nov 07 Sascha Ley (Belgium) Madhav Chari Trio (India) Chet Baker Tribute (Norway) Sun 25 Nov 07 Krsystof Herdzin (Poland) Martin Dahanukar (Switzerland) & Louis Banks Café Du Sport (Germany)
Schedule New Delhi
New Delhi FICCI Auditorium, Tansen Marg, New Delhi
Fri 23 Nov 07 Chet Baker Tribute (Norway) Café Du Sport (Germany) Sascha Ley (Belgium) Sat 24 Nov 07 Ramamani with Amit Heri Group (India) Krsystof Herdzin (Poland) Sun 25 Nov 07 Madhav Chari Trio (India) Fryer & the London Bebop Collective (UK) (TBA)
Jazz Utsav in New Delhi:
Tickets are priced at Rs.300/- each will be available at Steakhouse (Jorbagh), the Music Shop(Khan Market) Opus (Vasant Vihar), Lodi, The Garden Restaurant (Lodi Road), Tabula Rasa (Saket) and at the venue on the days of the shows.
Timing: Gates Open 6:30 pm Show: 7:00 to 10:00 pm each day Mumbai.
Jazz Utsav in Mumbai:
is being held as part of the Bandra Festival, and entry is free on each day.
Last Updates received ( Thursday, 01 November 2007 )
The Bands
Cafe du Sport
Germany
Jan von Klewitz – saxophone Bruno Müller – guitar Guido May – drums Christian von Kaphengst - bass
Café du Sport came into prominence when it won the first prize at the Hennessy Jazz Search 2000 in Cologne. It impressed jury, comprising elite German jazz musicians and critics with “the most complete musical performance”.
Ramamani – Vocals Amit Heri – Guitar Ranjit Barot – Drums Karl Peters – Bass
R A Ramamani, a gifted singer and composer, made her mark internationally in the 80s with her band Jazz Yatra. Her improvisational talents and openness to other kinds of music have seen her perform all over the world -- at the Berlin Jazz Festival, the North Sea Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and the opera house in Bayreuth, Germany.
Piano/arranger -- Per Husby Vocals -- Kjersti Stubø Trumpet / vocals -- Ole Jørn Myklebust Bass -- Terje Venaas Drums -- Roger Johansen
The American trumpeter and vocalist, Chet Baker (1929-1988), was one of the most significant voices on the international jazz scene for more than 35 years. His warm trumpet sound, matched with a soulful vocal style, saw him play all over the world, till his tragic death in Amsterdam in 1988, at age 58.
Jake Fryer’s playing is strongly rooted in the Be Bop/Hard Bop idiom. His greatest influence is the American alto star Phil Woods. Jake plays with a full, passionate tone and a driving sense of swing which has won him many admirers.
Piano -- Krzysztof Herdzin Double Bass -- Zbigniew Wegehaupt Percussion -- Cezary Konrad
Krzysztof Herdzin is one of the most exceptional pianists, arrangers and composers of the younger generation in Poland today. A classically trained pianist, he has the ability to play anything, from mainstream to bebop, fusion to funk.
He orchestrated and arranged music by famous Polish composer Jan A . P . Kaczmarek on the movie Finding Neverland, which won the Oscar for Best Music (Score) in 2005.
Piano – Madhav Chari Bass – Karl Peters Drums – Adrian D’Souza
Madhav Chari went to the US in 1985 to study mathematics but 10 years later, in the midst of his PhD, decided his future was in jazz. It was a change that has seen him emerge as India’s best-known jazz pianist.
Vocals – Sascha Ley Piano – George Letellier Acoustic Bass – Marc Demuth Soprano / Tenor Sax – Johannes Müller Soprano Sax / Bass Clarinet – Anne Kaftan Drums – Benoît Martiny
Singer-songwriter Sascha Ley has long been a star of the local jazz scene in Luxembourg, where she lives and works. Her love for jazz and improvisation led her to study with the Dutch singer Reinette van Zijtveld in Amsterdam and Kenny Seymour in Luxembourg. She also studied the basis of classical Hindustani vocal with Dhanashree Pandit-Rai at the Jazz India Vocal Institute in Mumbai, India.
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