Polish Jazz act New Bone Quintent band is in the country to perform as a band for the first time, with lineups in Delhi and Jammu. They are likely to dedicate a song to CRPF jawans killed in a recent suicide attack.
The band is opening the 3rd edition of the International Jazz Festival here, which is hosting 14 bands from a total of 10 countries including India.
The festival beginning today at the Nehru Park here will be webcast live according to the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), which is organising the three-day event.
"My compositions are very melodious and romantic and I hope with our music we can uplift the mood of the people, especially in Jammu where we are heading next" says Tomasz Kudyk, the lead member of the Polish band.
When told about the very recent attack on CRPF jawans in Srinagar, Kudyk said he would like to dedicate the a song to them.
"If I have a choice I would like to dedicate the 'Attonowa' song which is on the name of the street where I spent my childhood days," said the musician who plays the trumpet and flugelhorn.
Five jawans of the 73 battalion CRPF were killed and 10 other persons including four civilians were injured in a suicide attack by two militants on their camp in Bemina area of Srinagar on Wednesday.
"My compositions are very melodious and romantic and I hope with our music we can uplift the mood of the people. Our band will try our best to bring cheers on the faces of the people in the valley," said Kudyk.
The band is scheduled to perform in Jammu on March 17.
The band formed by students of the Academy of Music in Krakow in 1996 had their breakthrough moment in while recording their debut album "Something for now" in 2004 with Gowi Records studio.
The fest was conceived by the ICCR in 2011 as a "tool of cultural contact" spanning Asia, Africa, North America and Europe.
"It has become an annual feature on the ICCR's calendar. Having lived abroad for a long time, I have realised that our musical reactions are not limited to classical traditions. We take a great deal of interest in their genres of music like rock, pop, jazz and blues.
"Not only older people, even younger people in India are listening to jazz. I thought a Jazz Music Festival would generate interest in India. It is a kind of free-wheeling music that represents freedom", says Goel.
The other international bands performing at the festival are, New South Africa Jazz Collective, Jorge Pardo Huellas Quartet from Spain, Imani from France, Sylvie Bourban from Switzerland and Oscar Acevedo Quartet from Colombia, Sachal Vasandanti from US, Ararat from Israel and Oleg Butmen Jazz Trio from Russia.
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