Indigo Jazz and Blues Festival
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Indigo Jazz and Blues Festival is an international jazz
and blues
festival held in Bangalore
, India
. Held in December, the festival attracts musicians from all over the world. It is organized by Radio Indigo
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
festival held in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Held in December, the festival attracts musicians from all over the world. It is organized by Radio Indigo
Radio indigo
Radio Indigo 91.9 is the one of the all English radio stations in India. Its headquarters is based in Bangalore and was launched in 2006. It is broadcasted mainly in Bangalore, but is also available in Goa....
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