About JAZZ+
The Jazz+ initiative aims to promote jazz education and pedagogy in Kolkata through a series of workshops, lecture-demonstrations, masterclasses, listening sessions, and other engaging activities. The project targets emerging and established musicians, as well as high school students, fostering a vibrant jazz community and creating opportunities for skill development and artistic growth.
Events & Schedule
Date: Wed 6 Dec 2023
Time: 7PM
Event: Jazz+ Launch
Venue: Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park, Kolkata – 700019
Event Description: Discussion of the history of jazz in Calcutta, a deep listening session accompanied by readings of works inspired by jazz by young writers / poets of the city
Access:This event is open to the general public
Date: Thu 7 Dec 2023
Time: 12PM – 2PM
Event: Jazz for Juniors
Venue: Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park, Kolkata – 700019
Event Description: A deep listening session of jazz music composed for young people across genres and across the decades. This session is curated by Antara, a city-based musician, arts pedagogue and composer
Access:Open to school students from across Kolkata
Date: Thu 7 Dec 2023
Time: 3PM – 4:30PM
Event: Hearing Jazz and Reading Nazrul
Venue: British Council, L&T Chambers, 16 Camac St, Kolkata – 700017
Event Description: Hearing Jazz will feature a listening session of British Jazz music across genres interspersed with readings of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s literary works.
Access: This event is open to the general public
Date: Fri 8 Dec 2023
Time: 11 AM to 12.30 PM
Workshop Piano and Jazz – an improv session led by Pradyumna Singh Manot
Workshop description: in this session, Pradyumna will take the learners through a range of jazz improvisation techniques on the piano. .
Date: Fri 8 Dec 2023
Time: 3 PM to 4 PM
Event: Jazz-in-motion
Venue: Sapphire Dance Creations
Address: CF-80, CF Block, Sector 1, Salt Lake (Bidhannagar), Kolkata – 700064
Event description:Jazz-in-motion is a contemporary dance jam that will respond to new age jazz music as part of Kolkata Jazz Festival’s Jazz+ programme
Access: Open to general public; please write to admin@sapphirecreations.org to register your seat
Date: Sat 9 Dec 2023
Time: 10 AM to 11 AM
Workshop:: Playing Jazz – Improvisation workshop by Debjit Mahalanobis
Venue: Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park, Kolkata – 700019
Workshop description: This workshop will be led by Debjit Mahalanobis, a city-based composer and music artist. Debjit will take the group through a series of music improvisations that have and continue to inspire jazz from across the world.
Access – by registration only – please write to calsmus@gmail.com to register yourself for the workshop
Date: Sun 10 Dec 2023
Time: 10 AM to 11.30 AM
Workshop: Instrument workshop and lec dem by Wojtek Justyna TreeOh!
Venue: Calcutta School of Music, 6B, Sunny Park, Kolkata, 700019
Workshop description: Join the Netherlands-based jazz ensemble as they take you through an intensive workshop and lecture demonstration on jazz styles, formats and layers. Join them in a jazz-jam at the end of the learning
Access – by registration only – please write to calsmus@gmail.com to register yourself for the workshop
Date: Sun 10 Dec 2023
Time: 12 PM to 1.30 PM
Workshop:Instrument ensemble workshop by Wojtek Justnya TreeOh!
Venue: Future Hope School, 1/8, Rowland Road Kolkata, 700020
Access: This is a learning programme developed exclusively for the Future Hope School
Partners
Jazz+ is part of the Jazzfest’s pedagogy program and produced by Meta Arts.
This year’s edition of Jazz+ was presented in partnership with The Calcutta School of Music, British Council Kolkata, Ahava Communications, Chhayanat Kolkata, South City International School, Future Hope School and Sapphire Creations Dance Compan