Just Imagine Grammy award winners and Jazz Legends jazzing up to 'Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo', and then there was no stopping back as the Legends had the mumbaikars enthralled with one of the finest Jazz -Rock performance ever seen in the country.
World renowned bassist Bunny Brunel, Guitarist Frank Gambale, Keyboardist Mitch forman and charismatic Award winner drummer Virgil Donati, performed for the first time together, thanks to the initiative of composer Sandeep Chowta.
Says Sandeep Chowta, "We have managed a coup of sorts to get these legends together for the first time to perform.These artistes are all time Jazz Legends. It was indeed an honour to get them in our country.'
The fusion and the performance was so extempore and inspiring that the audience in Mumbai rose multiple times to give a standing ovation, a never seen before event, to the master class performance.
Each musician stood out strikingly and made a lasting impact on the audience with classic songs like Ivanhoe, La Zoo, Cab, Tempramental etc. And the younger Jazz enthusiasts too lapped up to the fusion of Rock and Jazz!!
Says Bunny Brunel " I have worked with Sandeep chowta and Sanjay Chitale on their album 'American Pilgrimage'. I was so amazed at the freedom with which Indian singers choose their notes. Great musicians like ustad Allah Rakha & Pandit Ravi Shankar have proved the cultural richness of India to the world.'
Bunny Brunel will infact be working with Sandeep Chowta on his independent album "Matters of the Heart". Says Sandeep Chowta, 'We intent to have PULZ, the festival of JAZZ annually, so that the best musicians in the world perform here in India. Besides music for films, I would like to explore music which is like a vast ocean. Working with Bunny Brunel has been a great sense of inspiration, every musician's dream. Bunny is the "God of Bass". PULZ will be a movement for JAZZ.'
International Jazz Legends Descends Upon Mumbai Top Jazz artists of the world including Grammy Awards Winners and Nominees will perform in India for Pulz 2006 on December 2 and 3. Grammy award nominee - Bunny Brunel, Grammy award winner and two times nominee Frank Gambale and jazz legends; Virgil Donati and Mitch Forman are all set to rock the jazz, performing together for the first time in their career.
A Sandeep Chowta initiative, Pulz 2006 will mark the beginning of an annual high power Jazz extravaganza, where the best of jazz greats from across the world will perform annually. Bunny Brunel & The Jazz All Stars will mark the launch of this annual event.