Today this genre has far greater relevance with tremendous resonance with the youth of our country.

Seher India has curated an assorted mix of contemporary, fusion, Latin and mainstream Jazz as well as electric, punk and soul-blues on a single platform, making it a destination festival for music lovers.

Sanjeev Bhargava, founder and director of Seher India talked about the vision behind the festival said, "Seher is conceptualising and producing the first-ever Jaipur Jazz and Blues Festival - with the aim of opening the world of Jazz and Blues to Indian jazz aficionados. We are sure that this new festival will be loved and accepted by the audience who will definitely enjoy and get immersed in this music which ties many nations together."

Seher, India's was the one to conceptualize and start the first-ever major scale jazz festival in India, the Delhi Jazz Festival, in 2011. Jazz and Indian classical music share numerous similarities, especially the art of improvisation.

Several noted Indian classical musicians and Western jazz musicians began collaborating in the 1940s, leading to the development of a new genre of music called Indo-Jazz.