Jazz Articles about Kabir Sehgal

About Kabir Sehgal

Film Review

Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis

by Richard J Salvucci
March 25, 2021

Kabir Sehgal, Marie Incontrera, et al. Angela's Ring Tiger Turn 2021 Opera, we are told, has long been political, and not just since Verdi and Wagner. What would West End musical theater be without Les Mis? Or drama without Barbara Garson's 1966 play, Macbird? Yes, even economics makes a token appearance in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. In fact, Wilde's famous line “Cecily, you will read your Political Economy in my absence. The ...

Interview

Kabir Sehgal: Spirited Warrior for Jazz

by Michael Ricci
April 22, 2020

Kabir Sehgal has a history of championing meaningful causes for jazz. His wildly impressive background includes five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards as a producer. He is also the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of fourteen books including Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology (Better World Books, 2008). He was a navy officer, is a military veteran, was an investment banker, and has collaborated with Deepak Chopra. To top ...