14 Aug 2018 | 05:37am IST
Goa on the Jazz Circuit, come December
Teamwork Arts’ Jazz India Circuit is back with the 2018-19 season featuring path-breaking contemporary jazz musicians from India and around the world who continue to push the boundaries of the genre today
Jazz has always been about freedom, pushing
boundaries and deconstructing traditional
techniques to produce contemporary interpretations that redefine the future of
music. Bringing the magic of this inherently evolutionary and experimental
genre, Teamwork Arts’ Jazz India Circuit is back with the 2018-19 season.
The Jazz India Circuit (JIC) is like a
modern-day speakeasy, giving music-lovers and jazz aficionados the freedom to
dream and live their music the way they want to. The circuit is also a
fantastic platform for both young talent from India and world-renowned legends
with scintillating performances strewn across the past decade.
The Jazz India Circuit International
Festival Goa is an experimental, up-tempo, funky celebration of jazz juxtaposed
with diverse genres like punk, funk hip-hop, R&B and other forms of music.
On their maiden tour in India, two-time Grammy-nominated Australian soul
quartet Hiatus Kaiyote are set to headline the JIC International Festival Goa
along with Indian and international jazz powerhouses like keyboardist Jerome Klein
from Luxembourg, Goan drumming legend Lester Godinho, one of Europe’s most
exciting jazz groups OZMA, Indian guitar prodigy Rhythm Shaw and his band
Orjazzmic, French Afrofunk ensemble Supergombo and finally WorldService
Project, leading specialists of British ‘punk-jazz’ and arguably one of the
finest and most exported live acts in Europe.
Hiatus Kaiyote
is a two-time Grammy-nominated future soul
quartet formed in Melbourne in 2011 with Naomi “Nai Palm Saalfield” (on vocals,
guitar), Paul Bender (on bass), Simon Mavin (on keyboards) and Perrin Moss (on
drums, percussion).
After studying classical piano and percussion at the Luxembourg
Conservatory,
Jerome Klein
was drawn towards the freedom of
improvisation and jazz. He devoted himself to drums, vibraphone and piano.
Lester Godinho,
the Still Waters lead, began his
rendezvous with music at the age of six, studying violin up to Grade 8, before
switching to drums. Lester’s passion for music has covered diverse genres
encompassing pop, rock, funk, Latin, gospel, jazz, fusion, Western/Indian
classical, opera, Bollywood and even hip-hop!
OZMA
is a creative, joyous and adventurous mix, risky and
captivating. The 15-year-old quintet has one foot in the liberty of jazz, the
other in electro’s trance and both hands covered in greasy rock. It features
Edouard Séro-Guillaume on bass and composition, Stéphane Scharlé on drums and
composition, Julien Soro on saxophones, Guillaume Nuss on the trombone and Tam
de Villiers on guitar.
A bona fide child prodigy,
Rhythm Shaw
is
widely regarded as the best guitarist in the country. Rhythm is the guitarist
for Ameet Trivedi’s band and occasionally for A R Rahman’s too. Shaw performs
at Jazz India Circuit with his band Orjazzmic.
Supergombo
is an exciting new offshoot of a cultural
blend from France. Their Afrofunk sound probably comes from the Tout Puissant
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Headhunters, blended with influences such as
Senegalese Mbalax, Congolese Soukous, funk and jazz. Their seven musicians
borrow influences from genres, styles, even neighbourhoods such as la
Guillotière, a lively Lyon neighbourhood known for its own cultural mix.
WorldService Project,
the leading specialists of Brit
‘punk-jazz’, are one of the most exported live acts in their field. Their energetic
live shows have taken them to festivals across the world.
The
Jazz India Circuit International Festival Goa will take place at the
International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula on December 1 and 2, 2018. Further
details and tickets available at jazzindiacircuit.com.
