lmkonline

Painting by Rubina Javed

Click on the image above or the link below for the latest update on the ‘All That Jazz’ contest organized by the Legendary Musicians of Karachi

http://lmkonline.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/international-jazz-day-contest/

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Who would believe it, apart for the baby boomer generation that witnessed Karachi in her glory days.

But Yes Indeed!  This city ‘once’ boasted an enthusiastic and bustling nightlife with some of the finest young musicians and bands performing at a choice of venues.

And we; i.e.  The Legendary Musicians of Karachi group (LMK) have taken on this mammoth project of recording as accurately as possible, all these great musicians and bands that have gone unnoticed for decades.

LMK originally started off as a facebook group in January 2010 and got busy connecting with Karachi musicians of the 50s – 90s.  We wanted to hear directly from them i.e. their stories, their photographs, their music. 

We discovered that many emigrated from Karachi during the late 60s thru 80s mainly due to the poignant changes creeping in; the martial law, the closing down of night clubs, discos and other live entertainment venues.

As the group grew and the stories and images surged in we decided to categorically archive all the accumulated material by creating our own official Legendary Musicians of Karachi website and  http://lmkonline.wordpress.com/  was set up in February 2012.

It has been an arduous task but a true labour of love as these talented musicians had to be recorded and recognized!

I want to thank Bosco Dsouza; band member of the Blackjacks, now living in Toronto and Ron Pinto; from the original Keynotes now living in Montreal for being the first ones to join me in obtaining some amazing photographs and original recordings.

I want to thank Ron Pinto for re-mastering the old tracks.   We can now hear the Fatah Brothers, Rhythm Quintet, Talismen, Keynotes (original), Celine Pinto, Thaddeus Pinto, Daoud Rafik and more because of him!!

For the many that have contributed via photographs, articles and other material.  I simply cannot thank you enough for supporting and participating in the growth of this group.

Most of the material available here is © Legendary Musicians of Karachi and we would certainly appreciate if you could contact us before sharing any information.

You can follow our ‘lively‘ and ‘active’ group on:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lmkonline/

And check out our new LMK fan page. 

https://www.facebook.com/lmkgroup

Thank You,

Lynette Dias Gouveia aka ldg (founder & editor ~ lmkonline)

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The Official Team

Lynette Dias Gouveia – Founder & Editor

Bosco D’souza – Co-Founder

Ron Pinto – Co-Founder

The Facebook Group Administrators/ Moderators

Beenisch Tahir

Teejay Dammanwala

Jesse Saville

Sabby Patrick

Allan Smith

Hassan Nasir Mirbahar

Ali Tim

Chester Williams