Indra Lesmana
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| Birth name | Indra Lesmana |
| Born |
March 28, 1966 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Origin | Indonesia |
| Genres | Jazz, bebop, hardbop, pop, |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, arranger, sound engineer |
| Instruments | Piano, Fender Rhodes, mini moog, keyboards, keytar, synthesizer, melodica, saxophone |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Jackson Records (1983-1988), Union Artis (1989-1996) (Indonesia & Malaysia) BMG Musik Indonesia (1997-2004) & Sony BMG (2005-2007), Inline Music. |
| Website | www.indralesmana.com |
Indra Lesmana (born March 28, 1966 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian jazz pianist.
He was introduced to jazz music by his father, Jack Lesmana, who is also a jazz musician. His mother, Nien Lesmana was a singer also cousin of the owner of Music Record Studio in which Titiek Puspa's have been first time recorded and previous owner of Elshinta Radio Station. His musical career with keyboards instrument started at age 10. He first performed with his father in March 1976 in Bandung.
In 1978, he went to Australia with his father to perform at cultural event of the ASEAN Trade Fair. During the stay his father encouraged Indra to take a qualification test at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. He passed the test and was accepted at the school.
In 1981, both he and his father formed a band called Jack and Indra Lesmana Quartet with Jack Lesmana, Karim Suweileh and James Morrison. They took a recording session during their visit in Indonesia in the same year and dealt with Queen Record to release the record called Children of Fantasy.
When he returned to Australia, he formed a Latin jazz fusion band with Jack Lesmana, Steve Brien, Dale Barlow, Tony Thijssen and Harry Rivers called "Children of Fantasy". The band visited Indonesia in August 1982 to work on their tours.
In 1982, Indra explored his fusion jazz styles of music and formed another band called Nebula with Steve Hunter, Andy Evans, Ken James, Vince Genova, Carlinhos Gonzalves. The band had recorded their session in No Standing that contained 4 compositions by Indra ("No Standing", "The First", "Sleeping Beauty", "'Tis Time to Part") and Steve Hunter's "Samba for ET". The album was released in Australia by Jasmine Records and also in Indonesia by Jackson Records.
In 1983, he joined Sandy Evans, Tony Buck and Steve Elphick to form a modern jazz band called Women and Children First and recorded their first album in 1983.
Zebra Records, an affiliate of MCA Records sent their interest to sign him as the solo artist and release the album No Standing as Indra Lesmana's solo album. The agreement met in 1984 and the album was remastered by Bernie Grundman before released in the US.
Indra moved to California, US in 1985 and did the recording with Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, Jimmy Haslip, Airto Moreira, Charlie Haden, Bobby Shew, Tootie Heath for his album called For Earth and Heaven. The album released in 1986 and happened to be his second internationally distributed album.
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