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Jazz Routes – Profile 2016 Jazz Routes – Profile 2016 Donan Murray – Electric Guitar Jeoraj George – Drums Keith Peters – Bass Guitar Maarten Visser – Saxophone Introduction In 2005 Donan Murray one of Chennai popular guitar players formed Jazz Routes. The group started out as a platform for musicians to take up more concerts and shows apart from their own busy schedules. It worked around the availability of musicians. In 2009 the band started doing corporate events. Since then it has performed at many events where it was appreciated for its outstanding skill and level of performance. At bigger performances a few more available musicians join the performing band. The music is jazz based, mostly instrumental. Artist Profile Donan Murray is an electrifying musician with a history of playing jazz, rock and funk. He has been performing with diverse bands in Chennai from the early1990’s. In 2002 he performed at The Indian Jazz Yatra performances in Pune and Mumbai. Donan has performed in various cities across India including Bangalore, Cochin, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Vizag and The Andamans. Internationally he has performed in Germany, China, Malaysia and Singapore. Currently, he is an active studio musician and performer. Jeoraj George was trained at Drumtech, a college for drummers in U.K. He passed out bagging the top student award from his batch. After returning to India he has been teaching and performing with various bands. He has conducted Workshops on Drum techniques and concepts for various companies and music schools in different parts of India. Jeoraj has performed at some of the major jazz festivals in India - Jazz Utsav, Conga Square Jazz Fest and Heritage Jazz and has shared the stage with some eminent jazz musicians in India like Amit Heri, Maarten Visser, Keith Peters and Holger Jetter. He has also toured with Academy award winner A.R.Rahman’s Live Band in India and abroad. Keith Peters has been a studio and live musician for the last 22 years in the Indian music industry. He has played on almost every score of Academy award winner A.R Rahman and has toured the world with him. An extremely versatile musician Keith has performed with big names from India - Zakkir Hussain, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Dr. L Subramaniam, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot, Amit Heri, Kumaresh- Ganesh, Vasundra Das. Other performance credits include Chennai based pop, rock, fusion and jazz bands. In 2008 he performed at the Java Jazz festival in Indonesia with famous US Jazz guitarist Vinnie Valentino. Currently, Keith is still an extremely busy live performer and studio musician who barely finds time to breathe. Maarten Visser studied saxophone from 1994 to 1998 at the 'Brabants Conservatorium' (Netherlands). He came to Chennai (India) in 1998 to study Carnatic music. and gave up rather soon. He started playing with local bands MadraZ& Funky Bodhi. In 2000 he started to collaborate with choreographer Padmini Chettur. By 2010 he had composed music for 'Segment of a Solo' (2000), 'Fragility' (2001), '3 Solos' (2003), 'Paperdoll' (2005)', PUSHED (2006). Beautiful Thing 1 (2009) In 2006 Maarten conducted a workshop called; Sound and Silence (Geluid en Stilte). This workshop revolved around the composition 'Mist', a microtonal piece for 6-14 musicians of any level, any instrument. The workshop was produced by 'ei- producties' an organization started in 2005 by Ferdi Schukking and Maarten. In 2008 a CD with saxophone solos was released. He also started a band called “Maarten Visser Trio’. The music can be described as contemporary improvised music. Maarten is currently composing new material for a new group with Holger Jetter. Additional Musicians/Crew for bigger events Creswell David – Keyboards Frank Dubier – Trumpet / Flute Royston Allen – Trumpet Holger Jetter – Violin Vinay Vincent – Sound Engineer . Jazz Routes – Some performances 1. The Conemera, Chennai, October 2005, (Jazz Concert followed by an evening of cocktails and dinner.) 2 The British council, Chennai, May 2006. (An evening of cocktails and dinner on the Premises) 3 The Radison Chennai, December 10th 2009. (Presentation Followed by cocktails and dinner) 4. Aircel, Product launch at The Residency Hotel in Coimbatore, February 10th 2010. 5. The Park Sheraton, Chennai 8th March 2010 for Aircel. (Cocktails and dinner evening for ‘Chennai Super Kings cricket team) 6. Ashok Leyland, launch of ‘Unitruck’ in Chennai on 2nd November 2010. 7. Le Royal Meridien Chennai, corporate company launch on 20th January 2011. 8. 25 years of ‘Amararaja / Amaron in Hyderabad on 21st February 2011. 9. Express Avenue Chennai ‘Land rover Launch’ on 16th- 17th December 2011. 10. Product Launch of beauty salon in Chennai on 26th February 2012. 11. Evening of dinner and cocktails for a marriage reception at The Taj Coramandel Chennai on 27th December 2013. Technical Specifications Guitar amplifier (Hartke, Marshaal) Bass amplifier (Hartke) Drum set (Pearl, Yamaha, Tama) P.A. System with 3 monitors 2 microphones for saxophones Microphones for 5 piece drum set 2 D.I. Boxes We play music for • Corporate Events • Product launches • Jazz Concerts. Contact Information Donan Murray +91 9884066850 Email [email protected] You Tube Link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiYAJ7vSTgT9jDDkYxA8Xiw/videos .
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