MoonArra - Electric Jazz Fusion
A set of jazz standards & original instrumental music with mellow and uptempo rhythms fusing the nuances and rhythms of Jazz, Latin, and Indian influences.
Featuring:
- Jagadeesh M.R - Nylon and Electric Guitars and vocal scat
- Joshua Lance - Electric Bass
- P.S. Rohit - Drums
Jagadeesh M.R – Self taught guitar player, composer and founder of MoonArra World Fusion Ensemble, Jagadeesh is an experienced guitarist performing with pop, rock, jazz and fusion ensembles for three decades. Jagadeesh is Director at The Bangalore School of Music.
Joshua Lance: - Self taught and has been playing the guitar and keyboard since 1990 and picked up the bass guitar in the year 2000. He plays the bass guitar and is the founder of the Bollywood Rock group "Osmium Gurus". Joshua is also a Product Specialist for Bass Guitars at Yamaha Music India Pvt. Ltd. & Product Specialist at Beyerdynamic India. He teaches the piano, acoutic guitar and the bass guitar at Lance Music which he founded in 2011.
P.S. Rohit: - Rohit is an active performer who has played with a multitude of bands covering various genres of music such as Rock, Jazz, Blues, Latin, R&B and Neo-Soul. Versatility being one of his strengths, he has also worked as a session drummer with many songwriters such as Dr.Prakash Sontakke(hindustani slide guitar), Jagadeesh M.R(Jazz-fusion guitarist) to name a few.
Apart from performing and recording, Rohit has been a dedicated teacher for over 5 years. He started off as a drum teacher at Deccan International School. Parallel to that, he worked as a Drum Mentor at Octavium for 4 years and taught close to a hundred students so far. He is currently working as a Private instructor.