Hyderabad to host one-night big-band jazz spectacle featuring global artists

Fourteen jazz musicians from India and the United States will perform at Hyderabad's RNR Auditorium on June 24 as part of Swing City Jazz. Led by Boston Jazz Artist of the Year Jared Sims, the concert will feature a full-scale big-band ensemble.

Hyderabad: Fourteen jazz musicians from the United States and India will take the stage together on June 24 at Hyderabad’s RNR Auditorium for Swing City Jazz, a one-night-only big-band concert.

The concert, conceived and curated by Timothy Marthand, concert pianist and founder of ArtHome Foundation, brings together three American artists and eleven of India’s finest jazz players in a full-scale big band formation – saxophones, trumpets, trombones, bass, grand piano, electric guitar, and drums.

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Leading the ensemble is Dr Jared Sims, a saxophonist named Boston’s 2025 Jazz Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. Sims has released more than twenty albums as a leader, and has performed across five continents at festivals including Newport, Montreal, and North Sea.

He is joined by trumpeter Doug Olsen, who has shared stages with Aretha Franklin and performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and trombonist Reggie Watkins, former musical director for the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band and a performer on Grammy-nominated recordings.

The Indian contingent is anchored by Ryan Sadri, widely recognised as the country’s most prominent jazz saxophonist.

Tickets are available on BookMyShow – https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/swing-city-jazz/ET00501123