AVID presents NCPA Jazz Matazz Chalk talk - a series of lecture demonstrations on various aspects of jazz.

Jazz is one of life's greatest gifts. It is the one musical form that is true, authentic and pure. A skilled performer will interpret a tune in very individual ways, never playing a composition exactly the same way twice. Depending upon the performer's mood and personal experience, interactions with fellow musicians or even members of the audience, a true jazz musician will play the music that comes from his soul by altering melodies, harmonies at will. The 3-day program will indulge you in the magical world of Jazz through talks and live music by Ahmed Ebrahim, Sunil Sampat, Naresh Fernandes. So come join us, demystify and increase awareness about this easy-listening and relaxing genre of music.

Naresh Fernandes is a consulting editor to Time Out's Indian editions and a Poesies fellow at New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge. His book, Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age, a history of jazz in the city between the 1930s and the 1960s, will be out in November 2011.

Sunil Sampat is a Jazz historian and contributing editor to the Rolling Stone Magazine. He is also a member of the NCPA Jazz Advisory Committee.

Ahmed Ebrahim is the founder of the Pune Jazz Club and a member of the NCPA Jazz Advisory Committee. He has successfully organized three international jazz festivals in Pune and has been working to popularize this genre of music for the last ten years.