The NCPA and BLUE FROG are coming together to bring quality live music from India around the world to Indian audiences. Whilst the music scene in India is rapidly burgeoning, there is still a dearth of musical talent available for discerning music lovers. This partnership is seeking to remedy that. The aim is to use our respective competencies, and create a collaboration that will consistently strive to bring in musical acts of an International standard. With the varied tastes of our clients and members, we hope to cover all bases and bring in talent that will have a niche as well as a universal appeal. The coming together of these institutions can only be a boon to the avid music lover and we hope to always surprise and delight our audiences with the calibre and diversity of the talent we bring in! And to prove our point, for our inaugural event who could ask for more than MIKE STERN and THE LOUIZ BANKS TRIO!
Performing for the first time together and in India, this tantalizing collaboration is going to set the stage on fire. This remarkable union promises to be a heady experience for Jazz lovers and lovers of great musical talent in general!
Mike Stern
In a career that spans three decades and a discography that includes more than a dozen eclectic and innovative recordings, six-time GRAMMY nominated guitarist Mike Stern has established himself as one of the premier jazz and jazz-fusion guitarists and composers of his generation. Mike Stern’s music has always come from a colourful and diverse part of town – a place where numerous artistic styles converge to create a fresh sound that’s rooted in jazz but refuses to adhere to rigid borders. Since his earliest recordings, this former bandmate of Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and other high-profile innovators has grafted elements of rock, blues, soul and more to his solid jazz foundations. On Stern’s street, anybody who brings a sense of energy, eclecticism and passion to the craft of music is welcome to play.
The Louiz Banks Jazz Trio
Louiz Banks is unanimously hailed as India’s best jazz composer and pianist.. Louiz carves another notch in his eventful career with this exciting jazz group MAIDEN VOYAGE. This Band focuses on smooth and very contemporary jazz renditions of jazz standards and originals that is refreshingly fresh and tingling in its subtle and thought provoking nuances.
Sheldon D’silva on Bass is the young and dynamic and very brilliant electric bassist that is dazzling audiences everywhere with his virtuosity and versatility.
Gino Banks on drums is the new drum sensation in the country that is wowing listeners wherever he plays with his dazzling and superior technique, his sensitivity and his amazing versatility.
Venues:
Blue Frog on Tuesday, 16th March, 2010 - 9:30 pm
Tata Theatre, NCPA, on Thursday, 18th, 2010 - 7.30 pm
