The Brown Indian Band led by bassplayer Colin D'Cruz,
features accomplished Indian classical musicians in
concert with jazz virtuosos. The band is managed by
Mumbai based Mardigras Entertainment and performs on a
resident contract at the JW Marriott hotel in Mumbai.
>From the time the band began playing there in April
2006, guests have made regular enquiries about where
they could buy a CD of this soothing new sound of
indo-jazz fusion. This led to the band's debut album
E-Fusion being launched and merchandised by the JW
Marriott hotel. Indian classical music like jazz, is
all about improvised music. Indian classical music is
linear and improvisation is based on just one scale
(raga). Jazz on the other hand has a broader pallette
where multiple scales are often used to improvise
through harmonic changes. Indian classical music is
known to be very meloncholic, whereas jazz can be
extremely exuberant. Indian classical music however,
has subtle quarter tones and complex rhythm structures
that add a whole new dimension to jazz. The Brown
Indian Band's E-Fusion is a happy mix of the two
systems of musical improvisation. The hour long album
features four tracks based on different ragas and
grooves. Yaman Yatra is a long lazy trip through raag
Yaman set to a chilled lounge beat. Bagya Boogie based
on raag Bageshree, is more upbeat and features some
brilliant synthesizer and fretless bass solos. Gin
Jyoti spontaneously created from raag Jhinjoti, is
driven by a funky drum 'n' bass groove and punctuated
right through with heady percussion. Finally a path
breaking Deshi Salsa presents the bansuri in raag
Desh, performed for the first time to an infectious
salsa groove. The album title has nothing to do with
the current age that we live in, it's called E-Fusion
simply because all four tunes in the album are
performed in the key of E! 
Download Deshi Salsa mp3 at the band's website:
http://www.brownindianband.com

 


 
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