Performance at the Java Jazz Festival Jakarta
March 4th , 2006

Luluk Purwanto & the Helsdingen Trio
special guest: Praful

  featuring Benny Mustafa van Diest and Benny Likumahuwa

Benny Likumahuwa has performed in numerous jazz clubs in Thailand, the phillippines and Australia in the 70's and was part of formidable rockband The Rollies. The bass and wind instruments master is also a bigband conductor. Benny Likumahuwa masters the theories, compositions and arrangements in the jazz genre. With his extensive experiences he has mentored many young Indonesian Jazz musicians.

Benny Mustafa van Diest who has been playing drums since the 5o's is Indonesia's most senior drummer. His signature style is his glasses and his seemingly enthusiastic manner when performing. Benny is a one of a kind Indonesian legend with a great feel for swing.

Praful is a native German who chose Amsterdam as his home base in the late 80's. Over the last 2 decades he has emerged himself in Jazz, Dance, TripHop, Latin and West African Music and especially in the musical cultures of Brazil and India. He has recorded and shared the stage with numerous artists and bands. With 'Project 2000' he was decorated with the Dutch Heineken Crossover Award.
In 2001 he signed his first solo artist deal with Therapy Records and released the album 'One Day Deep', produced by him together with Adani&Wolf. Launched in the USA on Dave Koz's label Rendezvous Entertainment from LA, Praful was embraced as "Jazz-Debut artist of the year 2003" (The Wave, LA) and "The breath of fresh air in America's Contemporary Jazz". The album stayed in the US American Billboard chart for 70 weeks, scored a #1 radio hit with the first US-single SIGH and sold more than 100.000 copies worldwide. Developing further his warm and original crossover between Jazz, Electronica and WorldMusic, Praful released 'Pyramid in your Backyard' in 2005.
Praful has performed with his Band as well as other projects all over Europe, in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Malaysia and Indonesia.
www.praful.nl