India’s Jazz Ambassador to host ‘Jazz Lovers Tour’ to the US in collaboration with Privy by Yatra

The Piano Man’ takes Jazz lovers on a stroll in 3 of 5 greatest Jazz cities in the USA

20^th January 2020 | India: Arjun Sagar Gupta, the Jazz ambassador in India and the Founder of the most loved neighbourhood bar in the town, The Piano Man, will be hosting a nine-day long tour for all the jazz lovers in the country in collaboration with Privy by Yatra.com. The tour will prove to be once in a lifetime experience for Jazz admirers, as they get to enjoy the art in its most authentic form. 

The tour will focus on three cities; The Big Apple-New York, The Crescent City-New Orleans and The Windy City of USA-Chicago. Arjun Sagar Gupta himself will lead the group and take the music and the travel enthusiasts for bar-hopping to the most devoted jazz bars in these cities. The tourists will also be given an itinerary where they will have time to visit the cites’ attractions along with all the craze filled musical experiences. 

Some of the clubs for all the jazz nuts to look forward to are Village Vanguard, The Groove, House of Blues, Green Mill, Kingston Mines and many more. Also, the visitors will enjoy Speakeasy’s like Apotheke, The Angel’s Share, The Office etc. To add to all the excitement the itinerary is set in a way that the tourists will have the pleasure of witnessing “New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival” in most celebrated cities of all times – New Orleans. This festival is going to be a real treat for the travellers the tour will also include other interesting activities like catching up a Broadway play, visiting the ever so famous Frenchmen and Bourbon streets, interaction with some musicians, demonstrative lectures on the concept of Jazz, a walkthrough of Harlem – where the true soul of jazz resides. 

Talking about the tour and the collaboration with Yatra, Mr. Arjun Sagar Gupta, Founder of The Piano Man said, “Jazz has always been my passion and what we need is more exposure to the genre in our country. When people say they don’t like/ understand jazz they don’t realize that this is such a vast genre that it literally has something for every individual. This is the first time that I am hosting such a tour and I truly hope that it turns out exactly what I’ve envisioned it to be. Through this tour I want the jazz lovers to experience the streets where this divine music was born, walk the streets where the greatest musicians walked and interact with the musicians who have brought the art form into the 21st century” 

Talking about the tour and the collaboration Sabina Chopra, Co-Founder and COO, Corporate Travel & Head Industry Relations, at Yatra.com said, “We launched Privy by Yatra, a luxury & experiential travel initiative aimed at HNIs. As part of this series, which includes niche journeys on history, culture, sports among others, we are happy to launch a music-centric tour with The Piano Man to the home of jazz in New Orleans.  We believe that this tour would be a one of its kind experience for jazz and travel enthusiasts to visit and feel the rush of the art form at such close proximity. Together we have curated a bespoke tour that is sure to create memories for a lifetime.”

The tour is exclusive to only 15 people from India which is on a first come first serve basis. The tour dates are from 23^rd April – 1^st May 2020. 

About Arjun Sagar Gupta:

An Electronics Engineer by education and a Fulbright music scholar, Arjun Sagar Gupta is the man behind “The Piano Man” group. Widely reputed for pioneering several distinct brands under the group, from a musical supper-theatre concept in a jazz bar to a Eurasian restaurant, Arjun and his team have built successful concepts in the arts as well as F&B spaces. Currently, The Piano Man group today owns and manages Dirty Apron, The Piano Man, Safdarjung and The Groove by The Piano Man, Gurugram and The Piano Man Events and Artist Management Company.

Arjun (or ASG as he is affectionately dubbed), is a living encyclopaedia on jazz and a performing pianist with over a decade of professional experience. 

Though not a chef by profession, he has devoted his time and energy to learning the art from bakers and chefs and to develop his skill and minutely analyse food, an ability he feels is indispensable as a restaurateur. He was also invited to appraise the viewers about choicest recipes from The Piano Man on NDTV’s Guilt-Free TV show.

His journey with jazz began in his early teens and his love for music grew from an appreciation of the music to an aspiration to play it and then a deep-set desire to share it with people around him. Arjun has been an active member for several years on the board of “Capital Jazz,” the organisation behind the “Jazz Utsav”.

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