The search is eternal and the journey is everlasting. That’s the conclusion Indo-jazz guitar player Arthur Gracias has drawn from a lifetime of playing music, first in Calcutta where he …
Indo-jazz fusion
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“Early mornings, I could hear the church bells ringing, azaan from the mosque and chants from the Hindu temples.” Those are among the earliest memories of Indo-jazz guitar player Arthur …
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A few months ago, I received a request from the excellent Florian Pittner, who runs Hindustani Vinyl, the online record store that with the best collection of classic Indian and …
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The excellent Jehangir Dalal, without whose generosity Foxtrot would not have been written, has been a friend of the colossal saxophonist Sonny Rollins for more than five decades. He recounts …
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(This is the second part of the BBC documentary Bombay and Jazz. I wrote about the first part last fortnight here.) Quite improbably, the maestro mispronounces his own name. “Hi,” …
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Despite the perception that it is a staid, uncompromising form, Carnatic classical music has been remarkably adventurous about incorporating new instruments into its fold. The violin seems to have made …