A Frenchman, an Englishman and an American walk into a bar. To find out what happens next, you will have to head down to Bonobo Bar in Bandra where Jazzeando, a multi-national Latin jazz collective, the brainchild of French pianist and percussionist Emmanuel Simons is set to perform their inaugural concert, an ode to the unexplored niche genre of Afro-Cuban Latin jazz. Simons, whose passion for the unique style of music reflects in his vision behind putting together the collective, shares, “Jazz, Latin or otherwise, feeds a different need, in terms of musical aesthetics and emotions, freedom and improvisation.

Saxophonist Mark Hartsuch