the first edition of the jaipur jazz and blues festival a 3 day worldclass music festival began in jaipur on friday as many as four scintillating performances were presented by four different bands central park was packed with music lovers from the city who relished each performance the festival is being organized by seher in association with unesco and rajasthan tourismthe evening began with the rendition of bianca gismonti trio the blues performer from brazil they performed jazz standards like agua de beber drinking water o sonho the dream sonhos de nascimento dreams of birth among others among their band were bianca gismonti on vocals and piano julio falavigna on drums and paolo andriolo on bass their performance was followed by afrocuban roots and jazz band okan from canada they performed compositions like amanecer dawn mais um one more and siluetas silhouette among the trio were jeremy ledbetter on piano roberto riveron on bass and shawn crowder on drums next the renowned electrojazz band sungazers from the united states gave an electrifying instrumental jazz performance sungazers featured adam neely on bass shawn crowder and josh bailey on drums jared yee on saxophone and christian li on keyboardthe evening concluded with the performance of popular bollywood singer nikhita gandhi who presented interesting jazz and some bollywood numbers as well these included aaj jane ki zidd na karo bang bang humshakal someone to watch among others accompanying her were isaac dharmakumar on keyboard michael timothy on bass jared sandhy on drums and paul victor on guitar