02 May 2024, 11:00 am
From New Orleans to Bombay: The journey of Jazz in India
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
10 May 2024, 07:00 pm

The exhibition is based on the extensive collections of jazz at the Archives and Research Center of Ethnomusicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies. The major holdings are of the collections of Naresh Fernandes, author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot and well-known expert on Jazz in India; as well as that of Niranjan Jhaveri, famous jazz aficionado. The interactive exhibition includes offline kiosks which brings together over 600 tracks of music as well as photographs and documents that trace the history of Jazz in India from the 1920s to the current era from the two collections

Inauguration by Mr. Tim Curtis, Director UNESCO on Wednesday, 1 May 2024 at 18:30
 

(Collaboration: Archives & Research Center for Ethnomusicology,  American Institute of Indian Studies; and UNESCO)