Just when i thought things couldn't get worse for Mumbai's jazz scene, things got verse! Dom Moraes presented his poetry read by Denzil Smith accompanied by Steve Siqueira on keyboards. I've heard of painting with jazz now poetry reading with jazz, whats next? Cooking with jazz! And why not? Jazz after all is the only all encompassing art form that embraces all other forms of music, dance, art, craft, chemistry, biology and other yet to be discovered vices. Trafalgar Chowk, Bandra's new dining destination was the scene of the rhyme for Mumbai's latest jazz avataar since Not Just Jazz by the Bay has seriously considered yet another name change to Just not Jazz by the Bay. There was mixed reactions from the people present at TC to catch the jazzy side of Dom. Some people found verses without choruses a little monotonous because Denzil didn't read like Louis Armstrong or Al Jarreau making all the verses sounded the same. One clued in dude informed the DJ that rap is passe and lounge music should be playing in the house man. Anyway to each their own, i personally felt Dom Moraes's poetry breathed some life into a dying live music scene in Mumbai. Colin D'Cruz www.justjazz.8m.com
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