Jazz it up Lovers of jazz can look forward to a sensational weekend with performances by some of the most happening names in the international jazz circuit. The ongoing Congo Square Jazz Fest 2009, being held in association with t2, is dubbed the “biggest jazz festival in India” and features more than 11 well-known bands. Jazz enthusiasts are being offered a wide variety of listening choices, ranging from traditional jazz beats, jazz-funk and jazz-rock to a blend of fusion, touching on Indian classical music, with participating groups from Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the US. Featuring performances of an experimental nature, a hallmark of this annual fest, it also showcases the return to Calcutta of the American trio Beatlejazz with percussionist Brian Melvin in the lead, Dutch trumpeter Saskia Laroo (picture along), the duo of German guitarist Wolfgang Netzer and sarod player Ranajit Sengupta and the Mumbai-based Interplay, featuring some of the best-known names in contemporary jazz in India. This evening the fusion group of Netzer and Sengupta will perform in the company of percussionist Ratul Shankar. This will be followed by the Barcelona-based Jaime Vilaseca Quartet, a cutting-edge band in European contemporary jazz. Tomorrow’s programme is dedicated to the memory of city-based vibraphonist/pianist Anthony Menezes, who died in August. Pondicherry-based French bass player Mishko M’ba and drummer Suresh Bascara will perform with singer Andrea Jeremiah and pianist Steven Devassy. The curtains will come down on the festival with a performance by Interplay. Event: Festival of jazz music When: Till November 22; 6 pm onwards Where: Dalhousie Institute, Jhowtala Road

DRAMA

November 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Mangalik’s Haroon-al Rashid, directed by Samir Biswas. November 21 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikhan presents Totaram. Dir: Pankaj Munshi. November 21 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aachhe Aachhe Sthan, produced by Anya Theatre. Dir: Ramaprasad Banik. November 21 at Tapan Theatre, 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Ballavpurer Roopkatha. Direction: Prakash Bhattacharya. November 21 at The Bengal Club; 7.30 pm: Stagecraft will stage A Slice of Life featuring four short plays, Match Point, Come Next Tuesday, Give the Bishop My Faint Regards and Stops Along the Way. Direction: Rohit Pombra. November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Lok-krishti presents Tagore’s Laboratory. Direction: Falguni Chattopadhyay. November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Chetana’s 37th anniversary celebrations features the staging of its two productions, Manush Kimba Kolbalish (at 3 pm) and Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha (at 6.30 pm). Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. November 22 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial advisor: Rudraprasad Sengupta. November 22 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Dir Anish Ghosh.

FILM SHOW

November 21 - 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 6.30 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents A String of Suppressed Films. Today: Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975,Italian with English subtiles, 116 minutes). Tomorrow: A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrik, 1972, English, 136 minutes).

TALK

November 21 at Institute of Historical Studies, 8/1 Loudon Street; 3.30 pm: Dr Anil Chandra Banerjee Birth Centenary Tribute. Speakers: Prof. Sukumar Bhattacharyya, Prof. Ratish Mukherjee, Prof. Chittabrata Palit and Dr Sarmila Banerjee. November 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Swamiji’s Katha. November 21 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50 pm: Discourse on Swami-Sishya Sambad by Swami Satprabhanandaji. November 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Nityamuktananda will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma-Pratima Ma Sarada.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till November 21 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Home and the Street — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by Sumit Basu, Jayanta Saha, Kushal Ray, Nilanjan Ray and Saibal Das. Curated by Christopher Taylor. Till November 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Tales of Chitpur — photographs by Saibal Das. Till November 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Kingshooker Chhobi — the second solo exhibition of photographs by Kimsuk Ray.

PERFORMING ARTS

November 21 at Science City; 6 pm: In aid of Institute of Child Health, Basanti Bidyabithi (Manoranjan Sen Smriti Samsad Trust) and West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum present a sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan will inaugurate www.tollyworld.in — a website for the artistes of West Bengal. November 21 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: RaagReet presents Sufi ke rang... Khayal ke sang.... An evening of Hindustani classical music compositions and Sufi Kalam by Kumar Mukherjee and his students. November 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: In aid of Charuchetana’s building fund, Aabarta presents an evening of recitation featuring Prabir Brahmachari. November 21 at Calcutta Club Limited; 7.30 pm: Calcutta Club’s tribute to Elvis Presley — Surrender. Performances by Usha Uthup, Francis Lepcha, Priscilla Corner and Ananya. Entry by invitation. November 21 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Hosted by Euphony, Immortal Pancham sheds light on unknown aspects of R.D.’s life and works. 13 members of his band, who played for him besides helping him in composing his evergreen melodies, will take the stage, sharing experiences and reminiscences as they together perform some of the most popular Bollywood hit songs of that generation. Participants: Manohari Singh (sax/English flute), Bhanu Gupta (harmonica/ Spanish guitar), Ramesh Iyer (lead guitar), Franco Vaz (drums), Amrutrao Katkar and Vijay Katkar(percussions), Homi Mullan (duggi and percussions), Ranjit Gazmer (madol), Suraj Sathe (accordian), Kishore Sodha (trumpet), Blasco Monsoret (trombone), Shyamraj (tenor/soprano sax) and Pradipta Sengupta (mandolin). The programme also features the launch of Pancham Unmixed, a documentary by Brahmanand Singh. November 22 at City Centre, New Town; 6 pm: A month-long weekly festival, Rock On, featuring performances by Bangla Rock bands. Nov. 22 evening: Bhoomi. November 22 at Tollygunge Club Main Lawn; 7.15 pm: Broadway & Hollywood — Reliving magical, musical moments from celluloid and stage with Usha Uthup, Francis Lepcha, Isheeta Ganguly, Swastika, Ananya and Shom Dasgupta. Concept & commentary: Oindrilla Dutt.

BOOK exhibition

Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores. Till November 23 at Worldview Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus, Subarna Jayanti Bhawan; 11 am - 7 pm: Penguin Books India, in association with Worldview Bookstore, presents Penguin Classics Library.

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOU

November 21 at Rotary Sadan; 4 pm onwards: As part of the campaign on Children’s Right to Education, CRY is organising a collage of programmes including theatre performances (4 pm - 5 pm), photo exhibition (4 pm - 8.30 pm), graphiti signing and a panel discussion (5.45 pm - 8.30 pm).

PANEL DISCUSSION

November 21 at Rotary Sadan; 5.30 pm: As part of the campaign on Children’s Right to Education, CRY is organising a panel discussion on How Inclusive is our Education System. Panelists: Prof. Amiya Bagchi, Dr Ruma Chatterjee, Prof. Prasanta Ray, Prof. Mrinmoy Bhattacharya and Ms Satarupa Sanyal. Moderator: Dr Rudrangshu Mukherjee.

ART

November 21 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road; 6 pm: Inauguration of Narratives Now! — works of nine artists. November 21 - January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s finest artists: Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244

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