Jazz Articles about Ivan Demarjian

About Ivan Demarjian

Album Review

Eshaan Sood/The Sonic Alchemists: Dream River

Read "Dream River" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2025

Guitarist Eshaan Sood has come a long way--in more ways than one. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, he was a graphic artist who had never considered a career in music, let alone jazz, until a near-fatal auto accident in 2015 left him blind and forced him to rethink his plans. No longer able to pursue his dream, Sood turned to a second love, music, finally settling on the guitar as his instrument of choice. That brought him eventually ...

Album Review

Eshaan Sood Presents The Sonic Alchemists: The Sonic Alchemists I: Dream River

Read "The Sonic Alchemists I: Dream River" reviewed by Andrew Hunter

by Andrew Hunter
October 3, 2025

Guitarist Eshaan Sood came to jazz by the most unlikely and brutal of routes. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, he was expecting to begin a career as a graphic artist until he lost his sight in a terrible car accident that he was lucky to survive. Rather than despairing, he moved his focus to his other love--music. A guitar, piano, bass and tabla player from a very young age, he enrolled at the Global Music Institute ...