When R.D. Burman met the Jazzman

Edited excerpts from the book Louis Banks: A Symphony of Love by Ashis Ghatak

As a young ...

Cold War and Cool Jazz

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” ― Louis Armstrong

Americ...

Jazz is like the little Bee that goes from Flower to Flower

The 5th Veda session at Whistling Woods International (WWI), Mumbai held on 26th October turned out to be different this week as the students got a glimpse of the worl...

The Jazz Way Of Life

Israeli jazz band the Ehud Ettun Trio on their Indian connect and their curiosity for new music

For most jazz musicians, the genre is a fluid, organic and highly im...

Robots Are Going To Learn To Play Jazz.

As the band gets into their groove, the guitarist gets ready to rip a solo he’s practiced for endless hours. The crowd knows he’ll pull it off perfectly. That&r...

And Another Month Goes

January did not conclude on a high for biopic and horror movie enthusiasts. Its final week doled out Hawaizaada, which crash landed under the weight of its...

Nostalgia Versus Evolution

“Man it was better back in the day” or “Oh you guys have no idea what it used to be like” are smug statements that everyone has heard at some place ...