<p>Babu School of Rhythms is organising a musical tribute to its founder Babu Sukumar, who passed away two years ago. </p>.<p>‘Samarpanam’ is a tribute to Babu, who founded the school in Thyagaraja Nagar. The event is being conducted after two years of his death, due to the Covid restraints.</p>.<p>The tribute consists of performances by his senior disciples followed by a special performance from a jazz trio featuring Vivek Santosh, Tony Das, Bruthva Caleb and Arun Kumar. The final act of is by the renowned fusion band, Layatharanga. The event is also set to release a drums notation book.</p>.<p>Babu was a part of many musical bands. In 1975, he joined the ‘Blue Boys Band’, a popular Bengaluru musical team then. He moved on to ‘Talk of the Town’ in 1976, and joined the Western group ‘Soft Rocks’ in 1980.</p>.<p>“My father enjoyed all kinds of music. So we have arranged a special event by having different genres performed,” said Arun Kumar, renowned drummer and son of Sukumar Babu.</p>.<p>The school is also felicitating senior musicians and technicians of Karnataka. A special award in the name of Babu Sukumar will be presented to senior drummer Balaji. A musical tribute to Lata Mangeshkar and Bappi Lahiri wraps up the two-day musical Extravaganza.</p>.<p><span class="italic">‘Samarpanam’ is on May 27 at 4.30 pm and Annual Day on May 28 at 10 am, Patti Sabhangana, N R colony.</span></p>
<p>Babu School of Rhythms is organising a musical tribute to its founder Babu Sukumar, who passed away two years ago. </p>.<p>‘Samarpanam’ is a tribute to Babu, who founded the school in Thyagaraja Nagar. The event is being conducted after two years of his death, due to the Covid restraints.</p>.<p>The tribute consists of performances by his senior disciples followed by a special performance from a jazz trio featuring Vivek Santosh, Tony Das, Bruthva Caleb and Arun Kumar. The final act of is by the renowned fusion band, Layatharanga. The event is also set to release a drums notation book.</p>.<p>Babu was a part of many musical bands. In 1975, he joined the ‘Blue Boys Band’, a popular Bengaluru musical team then. He moved on to ‘Talk of the Town’ in 1976, and joined the Western group ‘Soft Rocks’ in 1980.</p>.<p>“My father enjoyed all kinds of music. So we have arranged a special event by having different genres performed,” said Arun Kumar, renowned drummer and son of Sukumar Babu.</p>.<p>The school is also felicitating senior musicians and technicians of Karnataka. A special award in the name of Babu Sukumar will be presented to senior drummer Balaji. A musical tribute to Lata Mangeshkar and Bappi Lahiri wraps up the two-day musical Extravaganza.</p>.<p><span class="italic">‘Samarpanam’ is on May 27 at 4.30 pm and Annual Day on May 28 at 10 am, Patti Sabhangana, N R colony.</span></p>