Celebrating Life through Music! Music Mania’s Jazz Blues Fashion with RAF!
Bina Aziz brings back the magical musical evening; Music Mania presenting Jazz Blues Fusion with RAF, also celebrating Medha Jalota’s Birthday, spearheaded by Ghazal maestros Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udhas & Anup Jalota powered by Rotary watches; Gitanjali
The fever of Music Mania strikes back with a whole new array of maestros performing live. The night was dedicated to Jazz Blues and Fusion with RAF. RAF (Rakesh and Friends) is a young group of extremely talented musicians namely Rakesh Chaurasia (Flute), Gino Banks (Drums), Satyajeet Talwalkar (Tabla), Sheldon D’Silva (Bass Guitar), Sanjoy Das (Guitar) and Sangeet Haldipur (Key Board) that presented live at Music Mania’s musical soiree celebrating Medha Jalota’s birthday.
Music Mania’s Jazz Blue Fusion with was an evening that presented RAF effectively blending Indian Classical Music with Global Music creating musical sound seldom heard.
Bina Aziz looked lovely in a black Amy Billimoria’s gown , the cake cutting was a happy and emotional moment, Anup Jalota and Medha looked gorgeous together in a black and white colour co-ordinated outfits, so was Bina and Talat Aziz in all black.
The musically mesmerizing evening saw the attendance of Satish Kaushik,
Ramesh Sippy and Kiran Sippy ,
Ila Arun, Harry & Sangeeta Singh, Kabeer Bedi
& Parveen Dushanj, Hariharan, Runa Rizvi, Ravi Jain, Shaan & Radhika Mukherjee, Sulaiman Merchant, Leslie Lewis, Dr. Ruby Tandon, Dr. Mohiuddin Makani, Amy Billimoria, Zeba Kohli, Tanvi Azmi, Arti Razdan, Prem Kishan, Sidharth Tak, Adnan Aziz, Tushar Jalota, Vasant Bhandari , Carlyta Mohini & many others.
The band RAF has performed at some prestigious festivals such as Jan Fest Kalaghoda arts festival, Taal Chakra in Pune and the group has also performed at the Cape Town Jazz festival which is the largest festival in Cape Town as the only Indian group representing India internationally & put up a brilliant show.
Conceptualized by Bina Aziz, Director, Bntertainment Global, she says “It was a night of all nights to remember with jamming by the maestros present as their finale (a Music Mania special) something which can only be experienced at our musical nights. New talent for the evening who has sent their entries from all over the world showcased their talent on this special platform -something the Music Mania team strongly supports, encourages and believes in.
The evening is a Celebration of life! Also being Medha Jalota’s birthday, we had to make it special for her, the jazz band the ambience of Sofitel Hotel has made the evening memorable with the Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz and Madhushree sing impromptu”
The nephew and disciple of Flute Maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Rakesh of RAF fame has undoubtedly made his mark as one of the finest young Flute Virtuoso. His excellence lies in playing the instrument played by Krishna i.e. the bamboo flute. – a night called to drown you in their mesmerizing music with jazz and fusion along with new talents for the evening as part of the ongoing new talent hunt with digital partner Artist Aloud .
Music club ‘Music Mania’, spearheaded by Maestro’s Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas & Talat Aziz. Music Mania promises to host the best musical nights in the tinsel town at the plush locations. Drown yourself in the mesmerizing Mushairas, Jugalbandhi, Sufi music, Ghazals, Qawallis, Blues, Jazz & Bollywood music.
The musical is powered by Rotary Watches, Mr. Sushil Sharma; President- Business Development, Luxury Brands; Gitanjali expresses his association, “Music Mania celebrates new musical stars and Gitanjali has always been on the forefront in celebrating creativity, fresh ideas and unique innovations. We are extremely happy to associate with and encourage youngsters pursue their talents and dreams.”
The associates for the evening are Vasant Bhandari (UB Group), Artist Aloud, Fever 104 FM, Fantasie Fine Chocolates, Amy Billimoria Designs, Anmol Jewellers, and Sofitel Hotel.
The event was held at Sofitel Hotel.
