Levi's® Lounge x Algorhythm present Guitar Masterclass Sessions
Music
November 21 | 5PM
Levi's Lounge, Lower Parel, Mumbai
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Levi's® Lounge x Algorhythm present Guitar Masterclass Sessions
Music
November 21 | 5PM
Levi's Lounge, Lower Parel, Mumbai
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Sanjay Divecha (Jazz / Blues):
Sanjay’s current musical output involves the use of indo-centric folk traditions and classical music both Hindustani and Carnatic interspersed with his comprehensive experience spanning the music of Brazil, Africa and the Americas all with acoustic sensibilities. His experience has involved playing music with artists such as Angelique Kidjo, Carlos Santana, Michael McDonald, Fred Raulston, Dave Weckl, Louis Johnson, Dumazz and Sambaguru among others.
Kush Upadhyay (Indie):
Kush has been a part of various projects covering a vast range of genres. Kush started playing live with a band called the Overdrive Collective led by Sunny Dsouza which helped Kush shape his sound and music. Since then Kush has been a part of various bands and associated with many musicians like Louiz Banks Guitar Synergy, Warren Mendonsa, Kanchan Daniel, and many more
Chandresh Kudwa (Rock) :
Chandresh is an electrifying guitar player whose high-energy onstage performance never fails to enthral the crowd. Through the years, he has gathered a strong fan following of music lovers. His inspiring approach to the guitar has led him to be idolised by guitar players all over the country and his unique ability to combine the Electric Ukulele and the Electric Guitar have made him an extremely popular figure. He is also well known as the Guitarist for his band Dream Out Loud (now disbanded) & as the initiator for a collaborative project called “Axe-Tortion”. Chandresh has released two full length Solo albums titled “Conqueror” & ‘Free Spirit’ as well as 2 Albums with his ex band Dream Out Loud (Human Race and A Moment of Weakness). His latest album ‘Free Spirit’ feat Mohini Dey & Gino Banks went on to hit No.6 on the iTunes Rock charts.
Gino Banks:
Born and brought up in Mumbai India, Gino has been fooling around with the drums since he was 8 years old and took it up seriously at the age of 15. He is the son of Louiz Banks, India 's legendary jazz pianist and composer. He toured Australia and China with his fathers' indo-jazz fusion band SANGAM playing percussion when he was just 9 years old.
Gino is a versatile musician, this trait leads him to perform and record with artists and bands of all types of genres. Artists like his father Louiz Banks, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Rashid Khan,the late great U.Srinivas, Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, Bikram Ghosh, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Sridar Parthasarathy, Sanjay Divecha and Karl Peters; to Bollywood sessions and gigs with A.R. Rahman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Salim-Sulaiman, Vishal-Shekhar, Amit Trivedi, Pritam, and Hariharan; to fusion groups ARKA, Niladri Kumar, Rakesh Chaurasia's RAF, Ravi Chary Crossing, Mekaal Hasan Band, Ananthaal, Dhruv Ghanekar, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Khan, Stephen Devassy and Bala Bashkar; to pop/rock/blues bands like Indus Creed, Blackstrat Blues, Soulmate, Gary Lawyer, Baiju Dharmajan, Suneeta Rao, Skinny Alley, Joe Alvares and Shefali Alvares. He has performed with international musicians like Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Mike Stern, Guthrie Govan, Tony Lakatos, George Brooks, The Maske Trio, Leni Stern, Angela Hagenbach, Carl Clements and The Dallas Horns As well as with Dance Troupes like Pt. Birju Maharaj's Kathak Group, Aditi Bhagwat and Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company and many more.
Working on his own music as a composer as well as collaborating with extremely talented musicians like Sheldon D'Silva, Sangeet Haldipur, Rhythm Shaw, Kush Upadhyay, Mohini Dey, Satyajit Talwalkar, Ojas Adhiya, Giridhar Ghatam Udupa and many more
An in-demand session artist, he is also a producer, arranger and runs his own studio production called Double Shift Productions.
He has also had the Honor and Privilege of playing a few tracks on the Miles From India Album produced by Bob Belden, nominated for a 2009 Grammy in the Contemporary Jazz Category with Times Square Records, NYC; a fusion of Great Indian Classical Musicians and Miles Davis Alumni Musicians.
Avishek Dey:
Avishek Dey is a bass player player from Kolkata, known for his versatility and vocabulary on the instrument. He graduated from Swarnabhoomi Academy Of Music, and has trained under prominent bass players Ric Fierabracci and Matthew Garrison and other artists like Ricardo Vogt, Ed DeGenaro, Parker McAllister and Steve Zerlin. Avishek has also recently collaborated with artists like Maarten Visser (Netherlands, Saxophone) and Mathias Muller (Guitar, Germany) at Congo Square Jazz Festival 2015.
Avishek has played with lot of fusion bands in the country like Elektrik Circus and Ghatam Kartik's ensemble, and has done sessions for the South Tamil Tollywood film industry. He currently plays with his group Beer Puppets and also The Srinjay Banerjee Trio.
Currently based out of Mumbai, he has been collaborating with elite musicians for eg: Karim Ellaboudi, Anthony Cammarota, Aron Nyiro etc.
Clement Rooney
Having completed his masters from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Clement now lives and works in Mumbai as a piano player. Starting classical piano at the age of three and composition soon after that, Clement has been committed to music all his life. At the age of nine he gave solo piano performances in his home city of London at the Royal Festival Hall and at the Purcell Room the following year. Some five years later, Clement began to take jazz and writing music more seriously eventually establishing composition as his main study under the guidance of Dr Jonathan Cole and Dai Fujikura. At this time, Clement had pieces performed at the Wigmore Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. As well as writing and playing jazz, Clement also enjoys creating sound installations, something that he was fortunate enough to pursue in the Netherlands.
Levi's® Lounge x Algorhythm present Guitar Masterclass Sessions
Music
November 21 | 5PM
Levi's Lounge, Lower Parel, Mumbai
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!