The Orchid hotel presents live jazz every Saturday night with JAZZ JUNCTION featuring:

Natasha D'Souza...vocals
Simon Hewitt...saxophone
Tony Dias...keyboards
Colin D'Cruz...fretless bass
Rex Monsorate...drums

Download mp3's of the band recorded live at this gig at http://www.jazzyatra.com

Colin D'Cruz-jazz bassplayer from India

What inspired you to become a jazz artiste? When did you decide that this will be your career?

Joe Zawinul, the jazz keyboardist who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion with the band Weather Report, has died early Tuesday. He was 75.

The Brown Indian Band's Mumbai Jumbo is now being played in high rotation on New Artist Radio www.newartistradio.net
The track is also available on demand.

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The Brown Indian Band Track - Mumbai Jumbo (4:28)
http://www.newartistradio.net:8000/content/The%20Brown%20Indian%20Band/Mumbai%20Jumbo.pls

Hello Panjim interview with Colin D'Cruz-one of India's most accomplished jazz musicians.

HP- Tell us something about yourself.
CD- I'm a Mumbai goan looking forward to being a Goa goan very soon. I've reached two important milestones in my career. One is, after decades of playing everyone elses music i've development a style of my own and the biggest compliment I get these days is when someone recognizes my bassplaying on some tune they heard somewhere, they call up to confirm and..voila! The other milestone is probably every musicians dream, to produce music out of my own studio. A dream that will come true for me within this year when I setup my own state of the art studio in Sangolda. I've also setup an organisation called Jazz Goa with the help of fellow musicians and jazz enthusiasts in Goa.

The Bassman's band led by virtuoso jazz bassplayer Colin D'Cruz, features some of the hottest local as well as international talent. The band has been signed on by the Taj Landsend hotel on a resident contract and will perform at the Atrium Lounge Tuesdays to Sundays, 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Friday and Saturday nights will feature Australian singer Megan Perry. The rest of the week the band will perfom a wide range of instrumental nightclub standards.

Soul Yatra-the band the tours worldwide for Henessey, has recorded an album titled 'live on tour'.
Doanload mp3 tracks from the album at:
http://www.geocities.com/jazzgoa/soul

Mumbai based jazz ensemble Soul Yatra is back after a very successful Asia-Pacific tour. Appointed as the Indian ambassadors of jazz by Hennessy XO, Soul Yatra has now been signed on as brand ambassadors and will perform several international events for Hennessy over the next two years. This is heartening news indeed for Indian jazz artistes who have been struggling for decades to find a voice in the international jazz arena. Jazz may have originated in America but today this form of improvised music is widely being accepted as the global sound of music. Jazz has always been alive and evolving drawing from worlwide cultures in it's journey towards global acceptance. Indian classical musicians in particular, have made a huge contribution to jazz since Indian classical music is all about improvisation-the keyword to jazz.

Jazz in India has arrived, especially amoung Goans who have consistently produced their own legends in this great art form that originated in America. Hennessy cognac has supported jazz for decades through a series of 'Hennessy smooth jazz concert tours' featuring American artistes signed on by the famed Blue Note label. Breaking tradition for the first time, Hennessy has signed on an all Goan jazz band based in Mumbai for a series of performances at some of the best jazz clubs around the world. The band 'Soul Yatra' has been chosen as the Indian ambassadors of jazz-a form of music that's widely being accepted as the global sound of music.