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Jazzmandu 2005 Artists
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Groove Suppa
A quintet from Bombay,formed in 2001 features a mixture a rock jazz funk blues and other elements of music.Currently just out with their self tittled album groovesuppa this band has been performing all over India and has also visited the kathmandu jazz festival twice.The sound of the band takes inspiration from the city they live in Bombay and mix it all up into one big groovesuppa.
BIOs:
Dwight Pattison - Bass Guitar
Producer/Composer,Session player.Has been vital part of Calcutta based Krosswinds(funk rock),High(xperimental rock),Used to be blue(jazz rock) a few of the bands hes performed with in the past few years.Also an active member in the session circuit Dwight has been a part of the numerous commercials,albums etc.
Benoy Rai - Electric n acoustic guitars
Originally from Darjeeling,now based in Bombay,session guitar player whose trained in Indian and Western classical music.Has performed with a number of rock and blues outfits in Darjeeling and Bombay.His influences vary from blues,rock,funk,jazz etc.Also produces for albums n commercials.
Sanjay Joseph - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Has been on the music scene for awile now,Starting off in a rock band in his formative years and then moving to Bombay to be a working musician.In the last 6 years he has performed and recorded with the best in Bombay and in the process has been influenced by other genres of music mainly jazz and karnatic.Formed his own trio Bardos in sep 2004 who mainly play Funk rock jazz.Played at the jazz yatra 2001 with Louis Banks(Check jazz review.com).Currently Sanjay is a busy session player performing varied styles with different outfits,recording and teaching.
Vibhas ‘T2’ Rahul - Percussions
Studied at M.I.T(Musicians institute of technology)Los Angeles.Where he got the opportunity to learn alongside Tribal techs Scott Henderson.Vibhas has been playing for about 11 years,also starting out with rock background playing and co founding Chakraview doing college circuits and storming audiences with their selective brand of original compositions.Also performs with Blues for Dues(blues,funk) and hindi pop artistes KK,Asha Bhonsle,Shaan and LuckyAli etc.
Lindsay D’Mello - Drums
Like most of his band members also started off with a rock background giggin with bands like Witch Hammer,ModusOperandi,Spice Tribe etc.Plays various styles and genres,with various artistes and musicians.Has performed at the Thailand Jazz fest 1996 with fusion outfit Divya.Perfromed with Bombay black in Los Angeles along side rock icons Aerosmith and for the inland invasion fest.Also performs with commercial hindi pop artistes.Also involved in making music for commercials,feature films and short films.
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