Tala Faral & GrooveSuppa --1st & 2nd Feb 2008
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Tara Falal, a vibrant native of Madagascar, a US citizen and a musician of the world, mixed a groovy, funky cocktail of African, Latin, Indian and Modern Jazz, added a generous dash of charisma and hot energy, and served it through three straws (an effervescent voice, a guttural rich toned saxophone bursting out like a god enthroned and an incredibly overactive keyboard) accompanied by three equally rocket-fired Indian musicians – Dwight Pattison, bass guitar (from Calcutta), Benoy Rai, electric and acoustic guitars (from Darjeeling) and Lindsay D’Mellow, drums (from Goa).
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Andy Grosskopf --18th-22th January 2008
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"Andy Grosskopf, the band's mastermind is one of those musicians, who doesn't belong to the usual Leipzig Jazz circle, but is doing his own thing. His album "Type: G", released three years ago was a groove-dominated work, experimenting with atypical sounds. "File under: G" didn't lose the slightest bit of the powerful playing of "Type: G", but is more purist in the Jazz sense, there's lots of time and space for the tracks to explore moods. There's space for beautiful atmospheres and on the other hand the music creates opportunities for extensive solos, sometimes appearing a little old-fashioned because of their immense length. Grosskopf's saxophone, only seldom having the final say is always present and dominating the scene because of his sheer sound power.
He was down here in Goa at Campal and performed at East meets West-Baga , Ingos Bazar-Arpora and Ice Cube in Carazalem
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Saskia Laroo Quintet-- 8th & 9th Dec 2007
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Saskia Laroo, a celebrated trumpeter combined various forms of music into a vivacious blend of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae and world music that got people into the dancing mood. She along with Warren Byrd on the piano, William Sebastien on the beatbox, Philippe Lemm on drums and Daniel Gueli on Bass was absolutely fabulous.
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Sascha Ley Quintet -- 27th & 28th Nov 2007
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Sascha Ley a composer of some great songs performed here LIVE at Gonsalves Mansion was accompanied by George Letellier a pianist, Anne Kaftan on Soprano Saxophone, Marc Demuth on Bass and Benoit Martiny on drums. The Sascha Ley Quintet was one of the best group that played really unique Jazz Music which was enjoyed by one and all.
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Liberate your Jazz -- 19th Dec 2006
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An emotive issue what with Babush Santana, a completely blind musician (drummer, violinist, trumpeter, vocalist, etc.) belting out songs much to the delight of the 400 strong crowd at the venue.Interplay, comprising Sonia Saigal, Harmeet Manseta, Karl Peters and Adrian D’Souza proved why they are the most sought after jazz band in Goa. They were simply superb, as they are always.But the pick of the night was the delectable playing by the Amit Heri Group comprising of Amit Heri himself, legendary drummer Ranjit Barot, sitarist Ravi Chary and bassist Karl Peters.
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Jazz Fusion Fireworks -- Oct 2006
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Music lovers could not have asked for more when Trancemedia invited the band Megha to perform in Goa at Highway Village , Porvorim, Goa on 22 October 2006 . The caliber of this band is definitely not commonplace and could easily be ranked among the world’s best in jazz fusion. Megha definitelyprovided the musical fireworks for lighting up this Diwali.
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Jazz and Fusion Curry – 1 October 2006
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Spirits were high at Highway Village on 1 October 2006 when Trancemedia kicked off the season with Jazz Fusion Curry. That hugely talented ensemble of musicians Blue Fire fronting as a wonderful foil for the spectacular musical feats of S Harikumar on his seven-stringed electric violin, started up the show.
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Samba Jazz – Jan 2006
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Samba jazz night belonged to Mandu Sarara, a five-member band led by Beto Sporleder. The music was unusual Latin jazz and samba music much to the delight of a packed audience made up of the Latin loving people of Goa, including our late Consul General of the Portuguese embassy Pedro Cabral Adao, Bebe Costa and family, Karl Vaz and family, Cecilia Menezes, Antonio Sousa, about 400 more jazz lovers. The ambience was electric, fully lit up (all ablaze in true Trancemedia style) Goa ’s Remo Fernandes chipped in with his songs and thanked the organizers for bringing a Brazilian band to Goa for the first time.
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Shuffle Demons – 4 Jan 2006
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Anyway you look at them, anywhere in the world and anytime during these last 20 years, this is a livewire band. With three amazing saxophonists, a dancing drummer, and a killer upright bass player, Toronto-based jazz band Shuffle Demons rocked the spectators at Highway Village Porvorim, on 4 January 2006.
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Rock D Blues - Dec 2005
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After a great start to the 2005 season, a seemingly unknown band Soulmate arrived in Goa courtesy our good friend Amt Saigal from Delhi who convinced us that the ensemble was one of the best blues bands that he had handled in his long years in music production. And, he was absolutely spot on.
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Funk the Jazz – 13 November 2005
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Jonas Hellborg is possibly the best bass guitarist in the world today and he played bass much to the awe of the local people. He played a whole series of trebles and lead style on the bass guitar with support on the lead by Mathias IA Eklundh and Niclas Campagnol.
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Jazz Ablaze- Interplay – 22 October 2005 
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Highway village Porvorim was the venue for a great concert by Interplay with Harmeet Manseta who surprised people with his piano playing.
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Jazz Greats – 12 October 2005 
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Gonsalves Mansion came alive with a truly wonderful concert performed by Jazz greats in aid of Goa ’s jazz vocalist Belinda Oliviera, who was suffering from cancer.
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Heritage Jazz Yatra George Brooks –
23Jan 2005
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George Brooks and Leni Stern performed at Gonsalves Mansion along with Sunny Jain an American of Indian origin on the drums and Gary Wong on the electric double bass on 23 January 2005 .
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Heritage Jazz Yatra – 19 December 2004 
A gala evening with Tala Faral
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The Heritage Jazz Yatras was again held at Gonsalves Mansion on the 19th of December 2004 with the exciting troupe of funk jazz exponent Tala Faral taking the crowd by storm.
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Heritage Jazz Yatra (IFFI) –
5 December 2004 
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Since the success of the show was heralded everywhere what with the electronic media and the national press referring to it as a “path-breaking event”, Trancemedia had to come up with the shows again to keep up the momentum. And IFFI provided this chance once again, at Gonsalves Mansion which is situated right in the middle of the IFFI arena.
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Heritage Jazz at the Rebello Mansion 
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The first Heritage Jazz Yatra was held at the palatial residence of Gerson Rebelo in Betalbatim in South Goa . When Armando contacted Gerson with the idea of having the first of Trancemedia’s Heritage shows at his place, Gerson was instantly excited. Such was his commitment that he set out to do up his home in a three-week effort that saw a complete refurbishment of the place much to the delight of his wife, kids and extended family. Gerson outdid himself and the event became a stunning affair in that it had everything – grandeur, class, camaraderie, high quality music and highly appreciative people.
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Jazz in Goa- June 2004 to Aug 2004
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With a jazz movement practically set in motion Jazz Goa was formed around March 2004 and this led to many wonderful and exciting shows, all at Gonsalves Mansion in the months of June, July and August of that year. All well attended, the shows lent wings to a new excitement in jazz in Goa and this set the stage for a revolution in the form of the Heritage Jazz Yatra, which is basically, jazz festivals held at Goa’s beautiful heritage homes.
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Konkani Jazz
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It wasn’t going to be far when Konkani would take centre stage in the whole proceedings. With so many of the verandah shows already having given the music revolution a lift, the Konkani evening was an evening that will be difficult to forget. The Chico family led by Young Chico with able support from Andre and Tanya besides H Briton, gave the punch to the show
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Jazz at the SBI House – January 2003 |
Since December 18 2001 was such a huge success, everyone just wanted more. And more we had in January 2003.
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Jazz on the verandah  |
In December 2001, the show held on the 18 th was a spur-of-the-moment decision taken since everyone wanted to have a great start to the festive week that was just a few days away.
And what a night it was. George Fernandez, Lester Godinho, Carlos Monteiro, Mac Dourado, Benny Rosario and a host of other local stars were seen in action, and so much was the action that the 33 metre long verandah of the home was fully occupied by jazz lovers who had come from all over. Those shows were completely free of charge and each one was more like a pound party where everyone pooled in with a drink here, some snacks there and a whole lot of bonhomie.
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Christian Bucher
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Photographs on this site courtesy :
- Trancemedia
- Les Menezes
- Sanjeev Sardessai
- Raya Shankwalker
- Ivo da Costa
Azaredo
- Willy Goes
- Vivek Menezes
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