Guess ones musical taste reflects where one has been, ones taste ones openess....or where you have never been.......*won't go on*.
Anyways, like many of you may remember Rang Bhavan (next to St.Xavier's College, Mumbai), where many of us took a introduction to rock & roll and jazz and fusion and.....and the very first of major bands from outside of the desh......from the Po*ice, Boomtown Rats, our very own Rock Machine to the 'once-in-a-lifetime-cocerts' by Dizzy Gillespie, Don Cherry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Cherry_(jazz)), Abdullah Ibrahim, Max Roach, Stephen Grapelli....Shakti.....then in '86 came this quiet announcement of a band from then Madras...."J G Laya"....a true fusion band.......playing compositions of Dr. Joel Almeida it said. They were not known and not much was known about them. Musically, it was the most memorable concert.......one wished it went on forever.......and as quietly as they came, they went away. One never hears much of them. Take a listen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDS2p8wAYk Some background on the band, http://swiss-jazz.ch/JG-Laya-1986.htm Site for Joel Almeida http://www.drjoelmusic.com/
