Tune up: Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
Following the huge success of Musafir during last year's Tune Up season, the Rajasthani connection continues with the arrival of the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band.
Introduced into India in the mid-eighteenth century, brass bands today are described as 'the sound of life'. No festivity or event, and certainly no wedding, is complete without the sound of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, tubas and marching drums playing in rousing celebration.
The Jaipur Kawa Brass Band combine elements from their own Rajasthani gypsy culture with other musical influences picked up on their musical travels.
Artistic director, Hameed Khan, comes from a long line of folk and classical musicians and has studied western as well as eastern music to give Jaipur Kawa a sound all of its own.
Intricate rhythms, virtuoso improvisations, English brass band roots and Bollywood film music converge in a presentation that also features a spectacular gypsy dancer and sabre-swallowing fakir.
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For more information on the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band have a look at the Soundsfine website.
