Portrait of Jazz: Musicians in India

An Illustrated lecture by Astri Ghosh, journalist and translator

Chair: Prof. Sambuddha Sen

The lecture traces the story of ninety years of Jazz in India through interviews with Indian jazz musicians; from the Jazz and Hot Dance played at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta in the twenties; Goan bands and fusion music of Bombay films; to the music played at clubs, yatras and utsavs today