Both local and international tourists should visit Lembang if they come to Bandung. This upper side of West Bandung has a cool temperature with so many tourist attractions that would be perfect to getaway from the daily hectic life. Other than shopping and spending time in the amusement parks, you can enjoy the beautiful landscapic nature along with having the best of culinary delights at the same time.
Speaking of which, there’s a must-visit place located in the Maribaya area of Lembang that has been running for more than a decade, BURGUNDY DINE & WINE @ Pramestha Resort. This place offers a taste of luxury in romantic feels through the combination of nature-inspired surroundings and the classic renaissance old Dutch building. You can enjoy the best culinary Bandung can offer ranging from Indonesian, Asian and Western food. And what’s even cooler is, you can try pairing it with their large collection of wines, making your dining experience enhanced dramatically while enjoying the breathtaking nature view of the surrounding area.
Responding to Burgundy and Pramestha’s wish to have a good jazz entertainment in order to spoil the guests even more as well as attracting more people to spend some of their leisure time with them, Jazzuality.com creates a new event called JAZZ & WINE. Unlike usual, this event will be served in the afternoon. we love the idea because other than it gives variety to our other running events, the audience will also be able to enjoy the performance and the cool view of the nature at the same time. Also, it will be good to run it earlier before the weather starts to get cold at night.
For this event we are also cooperating with the very popular radio in Indonesia especially among youngsters, 103,1 FM OZ Radio Bandung which is currently campaigning on the return of its once-happening jazz related program, JAZZY OZZIE. For us, partnering with OZ is a blessing since that means the musicians featured in this event will get the publicity and promotion from both online and on air.
Back to the event Jazz & Wine, it will be held on Saturday, 24 March 2018, starting from 4:00 pm til drop at the Burgundy Dine and Wine, Malabar, Lembang, Bandung. It’s FREE ENTRY and OPEN FOR PUBLIC.
For this event, if it’s continued to run, we will prioritize musicians/singers under the wings of our community who need promotions on their works. We do hope it could stimulate them to make their own compositions or songs because now they do have the channel that could help them in the promotional aspects. For this pilot episode, we feature two of the best talents ever appeared in our events. Both are amazingly gifted and have standout original masterpieces. They are AGIS KANIA and STEVEN CHRISTIAN QUARTET.
When we met AGIS KANIA around 5-6 years ago, we already knew that she’s a star in the making. Why not? This lady has everything needed to be a star. Rare 5-star vocal quality, charm and charismatic appearance. Let’s not forget that she’s a sweetheart too. At that time she was still serving as one of the vocalists of Gypsy Swing/Jazz Manouche guitar duo, Satura.
If you wonder how she could have it all, you should trace her life all the way from the beginning. First of all, she was born in a musical family, where jazz was not a stranger to her childhood. Yet she started making name in Pop Sundanese. In her childhood period, she had her first taste of success by making her song became the anthem of her hometown, Sukabumi, a town located around 90 something kilometers from Bandung.
She then tried her luck in traditional keroncong music, which made her voice be heard regularly in the national radio of Indonesia RRI. After that, she started digging American music in Bandung, having an encounter with soul, blues and jazz.
While having a standout soulful singing voice, she established her career upon jazz and blues. She found her existance strong in blues with the Blues Libre and jazz with Satura. Later on she reached another success as a duo created by Klab Jazz’s founder Dwi Cahya Yuniman named Agis Bape, pairing with fingerstyle guitarist Opik Bape resulting a single and one EP.
Unfortunately the duo didn’t last too long. She soon submerged and stayed low under the radar which went on for almost a year. Until one day, we heard that she re-appeared on the surface with a single in hand.
In the hands of Tabriz Muhajier ‘Ajier T-Five’ Effendy and Inal Chaniago, she became a real diamond. Ajier had a material with no lyrics just yet, and gave it to Agis. According to Ajier, it was Agis who he had in mind when he made the composition. “I couldn’t think of anyone else better to work this one out,” he said to us. Agis instantly loved the music and directly worked on the lyrics. All of a sudden, in a matter of hours, they already finished the recording session. This song marked her new chapter in Nu Soul, and the title of this single is “Baby You”. The sensual content of the song, the beautiful melody which includes EDM are ear catchy, plus the video clip is nicely done as well. All of a sudden, all eyes on her. She’s no longer a star in the making. She is now a star, a diva, a real diamond in the music scene.
Just last month she made the second big wave by realeasing her second single, “Erase My Number” aka “EMN”. This song is also produced by both Ajier and Inal, featuring a magical young bluesman, Ginda Bestari. If the first single successfully entered the charts in major digital outlets and purchased by music fans around the world, EMN continued her success. Even more, this single is being played over radio stations around the world, all the way to reach South Africa.
We already promoted her single in our event at the Papandayan Hotel in February where she performed in full team with both the producers Ajier T-Five and Inal Chaniago, Tulus’ drummer Fuad Rudyan and keyboardist Ezra Abraham, now we are bringing her in this event. Strangely enough, Burgundy Dine & Wine is not a stanger to her since she served regularly as Agis Bape in there some years ago. But this time she will appear in new status. Not a regular anymore but a featured star. The world is within reach now by her. With her passion, spirit and consistency, having a success internationally is just a matter of time. In fact, it’s already happening as we speak.
The next feature artist we have in this premiere edition is a group of young dudes from Jakarta and Bandung who surprised us big time when they made their debut performance for Jazzuality a couple of weeks ago. It’s STEVEN CHRISTIAN QUARTET.
Most of them are still students, but they could already play like a long time pro. Led by a pianist who is currently studying in Universitas Pelita Harapan, Steven Christian, this band has more than enough materials for an album. Steven Christian is a rare jazz talent, no doubt. But he is also in good hands since he is learning from one of the best, a piano genius who established his name in Europe before returning home and now serves as a teacher/active musician/composer, Sri Hanuraga (Aga). Before he entered UPH, he was guided by one of the most respected jazz piano teacher, Yahya Salam.
Steven plays miraculously well. He has a strong sense of dynamic and perfect skill, feel and speed. You should see how fast his fingers stream all over the key board, leaving nothing untouched. So fast that it’s difficult to see with naked eyes. Other than that, he is an excellent composer too. Look at how genius he makes all the original songs. With the help of his band mates, the songs appear ellegant in pure jazz as if all were made by legendary jazz cats. So, the combination of beautiful compositions, fine execution and fired-up performance makes this quartet stand in the different league.
No matter how genius the band leader is, it’s impossible to make it work perfectly without having a solid, great team. Steven is fortunate to have three buddies as his partners in crime. They are guitarist Jabez Chan, (contra)bassist Timothy Investario and drummer Alman Naufal. Alman was the student of Aga’s friend/musical partner Elfa Zulham, while Timothy is now mentored by a bass extraordinaire graduated from Netherlands, Indrawan Tjhin.
As you can see, most of these boys are still studying, but you’d be surprise to see how they play which reminds us of their teachers. Plenty of action, lots of twists, explorative and explosive will always be found in their appearance. For you who are into pure jazz/modern straightahead, the Steven Christian Quartet will give you an absolute great time. The jazz harmony, solid teamwork, intense solo runs and fun tradings, all these, and more, are the things you can expect from these young guns. As they are marching in to the studio to make their first album, we invite them again to make another stellar performance. They will heat you up and make you stay warm with their play.
You can enjoy some offers during this event. There is SPECIAL PROMO FOR COUPLE. Only wih IDR 480.000, you can get Steak Bordelaise (Ribs Eye) and Peppercorn Steak (Wagyu Sirloin) and free two glasses of Wine. You can also get 15% discount on Wine while the event’s running. Other menus and beers are available to accompany your relaxing time.
Once again, this premiere edition of JAZZ & WINE is coming soon on Saturday, 24 March 2018 at Burgundy Dine & Wine, starting 4:00 pm until drop. Jam session will be served afterwards upon request, and this event is FREE! Imagine a beautiful place up on the hill in the northern part of Bandung which is inspired by nature, a cool weather, the best of culinary that you can pair with wine of your choice or by suggestion. Then, you have us providing music, serving the kinds of jazz that we think are perfect to go with wine played by some of the best ones from our community. That’s what you can have by coming to this event. All said, hope to see you there!
JAZZ & WINE
Date: Saturday, 24 March 2018
Time: 04:00 pm til drop
Location: Burgundy Dine & Wine
Jl. Raya Maribaya 163, Lembang, Bandung
FREE EVENT! .