Event Details
Courtyard Koota Jazz Festival Come spend the day at Courtyard Koota imbibing the city's jazz scene. We have some interesting acts lined up for you and
Event Details
Courtyard Koota Jazz Festival
Come spend the day at Courtyard Koota imbibing the city's jazz scene. We have some interesting acts lined up for you and not only will you get to watch them perform, but also to interact with them, and participate in a jazz workshop.
An informal vibe and a small crowd—it promises to be a real jazz day!
We are offering a day pass for the festival which will include lunch and tea. You can also buy passes for individual shows.
Schedule
1215–1300 Pockets and Changes
1300–1430 lunch
1430–1600 Conversations on Jazz, led by Dhani Muniz, ft. the other musicians
1600–1630 tea
1630–1800 Joey Sharma Trio
1830–2000 REFUGE ft. Apoorva Krishna
About the Bands
Pockets and Changes
Embark on this musical adventure with Pockets and Changes, an upcoming contemporary jazz trio from Bangalore that plays a mixture of funk, jazz, pop, Indian folk, odd grooves and a lot of improvisation—as long as the pocket stays strong. Driven by a love for experimentation and exploration, the trio keeps the groove tight while exploring the endless possibilities of dynamic sonic landscapes.
At the heart of the band are multifaceted pianist Leeanne Besterwitch, Sricharan Sunder grounding the music with his bass tones, and Kenneth Besterwitch on drums, whose pulse keeps the music alive.
Conversations on Jazz:
Jazz is a contextual art form; there are hundreds of phrases and ideas that can sound beautiful over a chord or a series of chords, depending on how they are resolved. Based on these different methods of resolution, 'styles' are born. Swing, bebop, gypsy, avant-garde, post-bop, fusion—the bedrock of these styles is often impossible to describe to the listener, other than simply the changing concepts of what is 'wrong' and 'right'. What sounds good to the improviser in flight? What sounds good to the audience? Or, as in some cases, are the improviser and audience erasing each other's aural ideas of 'wrong' and 'right'?
Join the musicians as they expose the various nuances, facets and overlaps of these various approaches through the process of making 'jazz' as we know it- the deconstruction, exploration, and celebration of a single song. With the narrative aid of Dhani Muniz, each improviser will showcase a style which words have historically never been able to capture, only sound itself.
Joey Sharma Trio
Joey Sharma is a leading exponent of the jazz manouche style in India. A versatile guitarist, Joey has won many accolades including the All India Fingerstyle Competition in 2016, a heavily coveted title. Gypsy jazz or 'jazz manouche' is a style of swing music that emerged in the 1930s in France. Its inception is attributed to jazz pioneer and guitar legend Django Reinhardt along with French swing violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
This performance features Joey Sharma on guitar, Sammy David on rhythm guitar, providing the iconic dual-guitar richness characteristic of the genre, and Kapil Dalal on upright bass.
REFUGE
Refuge is a reflective set of musical themes exploring ideas of home and paying homage to inward journeys. Although created through a personal process, the themes are universal, finding resonance with listeners everywhere. Equal parts structured and improvised, Refuge has featured instruments as diverse as the saxophone, tabla, duduk, bamboo flute, electric/acoustic bass, voice, bass clarinet, and drum set.
Refuge in its brand new avatar features contemporary/Carnatic violinist Apoorva Krishna, seasoned jazz drummer Rohit PS, polyglot Dhani Muniz on bass, and pianist-composer Aman Mahajan.
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Time
September 1, 2024 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT+05:30)