On July 18, 2024, just under nine decades after Crickett Smith and his Symphonians went into a Bombay studio to record a foxtrot called Taj Mahal, the tune was performed …
-
-
Portrait of Prahlad Mehta by Hal Green (Extract from the manuscript books) By Nakul P. Mehta Saxophonist Nakul Mehta, who has a storehouse of memories about the Indian jazz scene, …
-
By Roxanne Noronha Late one evening in 1974, my mum, her siblings and their mother gathered around their sitting room table, in Bandra, Bombay, readied their transistor radio and tuned …
-
This post is long overdue. Eight years ago, I received a note from Irena Yashin-Shaw about her father. Here’s what she said: Walter Yashin was a Russian musician who had …
-
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 …
-
“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 …
Newer Posts