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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Another episode in our series about jazzy tunes that inspired Bollywood. From Phool Aur Patthar (1966), sung by Asha Bhonsale, here’s Zindagi Mein Pyar Karna Seekh Le. The music was …
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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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