An avid music listener, with roots in Rock, Jazz and Indian Classical. Contributing for AAJ for some time now from the Indian perspective of Jazz...
I listen to Jazz, uh… listen to music. I hate to attach genre to music or should say that I am bad in doing that. Jazz to me has always signified music with free improvisation and far sister of Indian Classical music, which I came across during my student life in Varanasi, India. I am engineer by profession and did my undergraduate from Banaras Hindu University. Varanasi has always been considered the birthplace of Indian culture and its rich music is a free improvisation of the artist himself. I write with various music publications in India and am a fervent music collector.
Home
India
My Desert Island Picks
- Indian Ocean - Desert Rain
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brooks- Night Song
- Kohinoor Langa Group - Music from the Desert Nomads
- Pundit Jasraj - Maestro's Choice
- Jaco Pastorius - Word of Mouth
- Anouar Brahen & Jan Garbarek - Madar
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
- Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu - Miles Gurtu
- Sigur Ros - ()
- Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble - Silk Road Journeys
What I'm Listening To Now (As of 2008-07-22)
- Bark Psychosis - Hex
- Vijay Iyer - Reimagining
- Tortoise - TNT
- Faust - BBC Sessions
- The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
- GodSpeed You Black Emperor! - Yanqui U.X.O
- Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder- Talking Timbaktu
- Ananda Shankara Experience - Walking On
- Ash Ra Tempel / Manuel Gottsching - The Private Tapes
- Philip Glass - Naqoyqatsi
Favorite Web Sites
Favorite Jazz Genres
Ambient
Beyond Jazz
Blues
Electronica
Funk/Groove
Fusion/Progressive Rock
Jam Band
Latin/World
Modern Jazz
