Often, what we take for granted, stuns us. You would be stumped to know, for instance, that the ubiquitous term 'rickshaw' is a merger of three Japanese words: jin (human) + riki (power) + sha (vehicle). And so it is with 'jazz'. Seems the term was first used in 1912 in a baseball context, to refer to a ball that wobbled.

--- The Times of India

Review of Quiet Nights, Verve

--- Rolling Stone India

Intricate connections, cultural contradictions and coming home: the influence of Indian music in world music genres.

--- rootsworld.com

"The interest of jazz musicians in Indian music was not an offshoot of the trend in pop. The connection between jazz and Indian music had deeper conceptual roots, which had to do with concepts of solo expression and the links between composition and improvisation..."

Adapted by Satyajit Roychaudhury from: Indian Music and the West: Gerry Farrell Book; Oxford University Press

Madhav Chari, a jazz pianist and composer, says ”make friends with the music, and do not worry about the "structure" of the music: just taste it for now.”

--- mybangalore.com

John Coltrane was at the forefront of many important directions in jazz in the 1950s and 1960s, including ‘hard bop’, ‘modal jazz’, ‘avant-garde jazz’, and ‘world music’. One interest that became an increasingly dominant focus for him in his later years was the study of Indian music and spirituality.

Review of "Dedicated To You", Concord Records

--- Rolling Stone India

"A fascinating aspect of collecting jazz recordings over several years, is the appearance of “new” releases of recordings made a long time ago..."

---Rolling Stone India

Review of "Encanto", EMI Virgin

--- Rolling Stone India

"In the hundred plus years of jazz history, there have been several very great musicians who have left a deep, significant impact on the progress..."

--- Rolling Stone India

Respected musician and educator, Marc Rossi, looks at the links between Jazz and Classical Indian Music.

--- sessionville.com

New York-based jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani speaks about singing jazz, and performing with his idol

--- Rolling Stone India

"Of all the types of popular music played and heard in the last seventy or eighty years, jazz has utilised more musical instruments than any other genre..."

--- Rolling Stone India

"A few months ago a friend called and asked if we could have an evening of listening to jazz on vinyl..."

--- Rolling Stone India

"One of the great joys of listening to jazz is in the constant discovery of individual style and subtle nuances in the expressions of the artist..."

---Rolling Stone India

“Man! If you gotta ask, you’ll never know!” Louis Armstrong once opined in response to the age old question, “What is Jazz?” 

--- Rolling Stone India