Jazz Weekender 2025 generates efficiencies by Sera Kalo, Allysha Joy and Mark de Clive-Lowe. Pictures: Courtesy of the artist, Jess Brohier (Joy)
Jazz Weekender go back to its home in New Delhi today, hosting simply over 10 artists throughout 2 days at 1AQ in Mehrauli on Oct. 11 and 12. Like previous editions, the celebration’s lineup showcases artists who dive into the flexibility that jazz has, adjusting it into designs varying from hip-hop to electronic and other subgenres. At this year’s globe-spanning curation by Boxout.fm, Wild City, Gatecrash, and Jazz in India, here are simply a couple of must-see acts.
Allysha Joy
Melbourne singer-songwriter Allysha Joy starts her launching India trip at Jazz Weekender, performing her radiant, sensual R&B- laced tracks with an Indian band. Delight will be signed up with by bassist Nathan Thomas, drummer Dhir Mody, saxophonist Shirish Malhotra, and singer Mallika Barot. Come for the calm grooves and remain for Joy’s inimitably effective singing variety, which sets the ambiance even if you might not understand the tunes.
After carrying out on Oct. 11, the artist and her Indian band likewise have programs in Mumbai on Oct. 15 at Antisocial, and in Goa on Oct. 25 at Hideaway, with Joy playing a solo embeded in Kolkata on Oct. 17 at Skinny Mo’s Jazz Club.
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Jazz hybrid artist Mark de Clive Lowe makes his India launching at Jazz Weekender with a Live Remix set. The Tokyo-based DJ-producer brings a little bit of jazz improvisation with damaged beat and international rhythms, according to the celebration. Like the set above, Clive Lowe’s extensive scheme– believe Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip and more– paired with his spontaneous usage of live piano makes it anybody’s guess what tunes he’ll handle to get the audience moving.
Dhanji
Ahmedabad hip-hop pillar Dhanji and atrioventricular bundle will be liquidating the first day of Jazz Weekender. If there’s anything New Delhi likes, it’s hip-hop, and Dhanji may simply load your house at 1AQ with his live set. While it was a more rage-y affair at Lollapalooza India in Mumbai at the start of the year, Dhanji had actually released his album RUAB in New Delhi with a horn area, backing singers, and more. This time, he’s bringing a 13-piece jazz-funk discussion of his product, including his newest album Drive-in Cinema 2.1
Sera Kalo’s eXante
Anticipate soul, jazz, and electronic aspects in the mix for German/American act Sera Kalo’s eXante at Jazz Weekender 2025. Carrying out at an early slot of 4:30 pm on day 2 of the celebration, anticipate a little bit of warm however soul-searching tunes like”Can You Speak My Language” (off her 2023 album Exanteand brand-new tunes like”Again and Again” from her approaching album eX.IICan be found in from a kick-off program at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre’s Studio Theatre in Mumbai on Oct. 11, Kalo brings a relatively simple and easy, airy yet mentally grounded shade to the celebration.
Sambucada
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Amongst the more recent Indian act upon the block, Goa-based Sambucada are funneling the noises of samba and Bossa Nova right from Brazil to New Delhi today at Jazz Weekender. “The principle is to boil down the rhythms of the Brazilian carnival into a little band format and layer it with jazz-based consistencies,” the band has actually stated in a post. Formed at some point after the pandemic lockdowns were raised, Sambucada have actually currently carried out at celebrations in Mumbai and Goa, frequently generating extra instrumentalists to take things up a notch.