Author: Sunil Sampat
The quartet was promising but needs a few more shows to get its act together
Mbappé will perform with Grammy-winning saxophonist Bill Evans, guitarist Marc Guillermont and Ranjit Barot, one of the most prolific drummers in the country
Recently, a good friend was extolling the virtues of European jazz. “Hey!” I said, “Sure they play some good jazz in Europe but it’s not quite the same as jazz in America”. But it got ...
Live music is alive, well and thriving. The Mahindra Blues Festival in February and the Angelique Kidjo concerts in March were very well attended by obviously appreciative Mumbai audiences. I was thrilled to be there ...
I am sure there are plenty of politics prevailing in the business of music. Where there is a buck to be made, you can be sure there is a crooked angle at work. But I ...
As a student of metallurgy I was explained the meaning of the word “fusion.” When two metals are completely mixed in the molten state; that is they are first heated till they melt and then ...
Joshua Redman’s two shows in Mumbai were the finest in Mumbai in a long time
The starry-eyed disciple, an aspiring musician asked of his learned teacher, “In a music concert, who is the boss? Is it the composer of the music, the lyricist who wrote the words or the artist ...
Music is the oldest of all the performing arts. It encompasses the expressions of human joy and pain. It can tell you stories straight from the heart. Listening to Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer ...
Dedicated To You [Three stars] Concord Records Key Tracks: 'Dedicated to You', 'Lush Life'
