Malcolm Braff Trio to tour India
Swiss jazz pianist, Malcolm Braff along with bassist Reggie Washington and percussionist Stéphane Galland will perform in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore and Delhi.

Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Gatecrash presents

MALCOLM BRAFF TRIO
March 13th, blueFROG, Mumbai
March 14th, Heritage Jazz, Goa
March 15th and 16th, Windmills Craftworks, Bangalore
March 17th, Delhi - 6.30 pm at Nehru Park, New Delhi, as part of the 3rd Delhi International Jazz Festival

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Malcolm Braff born in Rio de Janeiro, he grew up on the Cape Verdean Isles and Senegal before settling in Switzerland. The pianist, composer and aesthetic maverick has worked on his reputation as an inspiring artist who fires up the European scene with spectacular activities, especially with spectacular art. In the early Nineties projects acquainted him with fellow artists like Bänz Oester, Mathieu Michel, Samuel Blaser and also Eric Truffaz. Braff is a regular at the Cully Jazz Festival and one of the most prolific jazz pianists in Switzerland today.

In India Braff joins together for the first time with bassist Reggie Washington and drummer Stephane Galland. Reggie Washington is among the best known bassists of the modern jazz scene. Brought up in a musical family, his parents were avid jazz and soul fans. His sister Yvette an excellent violinist/voilist , his brother Kenny a famed drummer & jazz historian. The many weekends listening & learning sessions with brother Kenny and Marcus Miller paved his way into improvisational music. Aside from holding down the groove for Steve Coleman's Five Elements, Washington has played with such notables as Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, Branford Marsalis' Buckshot LeFonque, Cassandra Wilson, Uri Caine, Don Byron, Meshell N'degeocello, Oliver Lake Steel Quartet and many others. Since 2005, Reggie has stepped out as a leader touring with his bands through Europe, the U.K. & U.S.A. to very receptive and appreciative audiences. His music represents the cutting edge of jazz & other musical genres today.

Stéphane Galland was born into a musical family and received his first drum set at the age of three. He decided to take lessons in classical percussion when he reached the age of nine, at the conservatory at Huy (Belgium) and started playing jazz with his fellow pianist Eric Legnini two years later. At the age of 13, having had the opportunity to play with the best jazz musicians in Belgium, he developed a growing interest in this musical field. Always in search of new musical experiences, he met Pierre Vandormael, Fabrizio Cassol and Michel Hatzigeorgiou, and later with the last two, formed the band called AKA MOON. The band, which recorded 16 CDs and performed worldwide (Europe, Africa, Asia, the United States, Canada, South America, the Caribbean Islands, India...), has been a unique and invaluable field of development and experimentation with different musical traditions.