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Louis Banks

He is the man behind the lilting, haunting, musical score of the much talked about Mera Bharat Mahan that made it big on the small screen. Countless commercial jingles have been thought up by Mr `Jazz’ Louis Banks. But if Damber Bahadur Budhapriti – that’s his real Nepalese name -- wasn’t in the world of jazz and jingles, he might have been a painter. Louis was given the name by his father after the great Louis Armstrong. He has been playing since the age of 13 with his father at Calcutta hotels. During this time he played the trumpet and guitar even as he taught himself classical piano. It was in the ‘70s that Louis Banks hit the scene by getting together a band – singer Pam Craine and saxophonist Braz Gonsalves and named it The Louis Banks Brotherhood. He began composing for films with An August Requiem. Around 1984 he got on to electronic instruments and began writing for commercials. Fusion has played a big part in the life of this jazz man and Louis has played with some of the world’s greatest jazz men to create very memorable music

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