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8 Louiz Banks, Braz Gonzalves and Pam Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy
Crain
In 1971, keyboardist Louiz Banks formed the
Louiz Banks Brotherhood in Kolkata, along
with saxophonist Braz Gonsalves and singer
Pam Crain. They were hugely popular
at the Blue Fox nightspot on Park Street,
doing a mix of standards and newly created
numbers. This continued till Banks moved
to Mumbai to play with R.D. Burman, but
the three of them continued to play together
along with other musicians whenever they
got the chance. The trio has released the live
album Explorations.
9 Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Hindi film music has seen the rise of
many duos like Shankar-Jaikishen,
Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal,
Nadeem-Shravan and Jatin-Lalit. Shankar
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Mendonsa formed their own trio to create
film music, though they all specialised
in different styles and had their own
commitments. Some of their hits have been
Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Lakshya,
Bunty Aur Babli, Taare Zameen Par, Rock
On and Raazi.
10 The Indipop trios
Courtesy: wickedwikipediablogspot
When Indipop became popular in the mid-
1990s, some groups were formed with three
members. Examples were the girl groups
Models, Sansara and a one-off album by
Anaida, Mehnaz and Tunisha. Not all such
groups were consistently successful, but
some had great songs. Silk Route, with
vocalist Mohit Chauhan, had the hits
‘Dooba Dooba’ and ‘Boondein’. Aryans had
‘Ankhon Mein Tera Hi Chehra’ and ‘Dekha
Hai Teri Ankhon Ko’ and Agosh had ‘Paisa’.
Pakistan’s popular Sufi-rock band Junoon
mainly comprised vocalist Ali Azmat,
guitarist Salman Ahmed and bassist Brian
O’Connell. Those were some examples when
three musicians got together, and produced
some wonderful music. Well, if two’s
company, three can be a better combination.
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