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Panaji, Jun 1: Music in Goa is known for it's Latin American roots and one Goan musician got the opportunity to perform latin-jazz with a couple of masters from Brazil and America.

Jazz bass player Colin D'Cruz who has been making waves worldwide with his music regularly being
published on the internet, saw yet another of his dreams come true. An American pianist, composer, arranger, educator and amazing latin-jazz performer heard some of Colin's compositions on the net and invited him to perform with his trio featuring an incredible twenty year old Brazillian drummer Tiago Michelin who started playing drums at the age of three and now studies music at the world renowned institute of jazz-the Berklee college of music in Boston. Joel a Berklee college alumni, knew he found his drummer the moment he heard Tiago's college entrance audition.

The first of a series of worldwide gigs with the new Joel Smith Trio took place at India's greatest live music venue the Blue Frog in Mumbai on Tuesday May 31.

Colin had studied Joel's music through exchanges on the internet long before the first gig and he comfortably slipped into the band even though the trio actually got together for the first time onstage itself. Joel's music has Afro-Cuban elements laced with intricate jazz harmonies and infectious latin rhythm making it an intense yet enjoyable listening experience. The packed house at Blue Frog
responded to every track with thunderous applause and did not let go of the band even way past the last song for the show. One of the tracks performed was named 'Miramar' which is a very common name of cities in south America. Joel was quite surprised to know that there was a Miramar in Goa too and announced the fact to the audience dedicating the song to a few Goans in the audience.

Colin discussed possibilities of having the band perform in Goa and Joel was only too happy to oblige promising to include Goa in his worldwide itenary after talking to his management.