We mourn the passing of Niranjan Jhaveri- in Mumbai, India...on his birthday, Friday, May 21, 2010.
A passionate jazz fan, whose hard work, dedication and sheer love for the music propelled India into the eye of the Jazz World. He was "Mr. Jazz India" an organization that he co- founded and spearheaded.. His drive and passion for jazz resulted in the a series of world class jazz festivals in India from 1978 through the mid '80s.
Niranjan was a visionary who realized that Indian Classical vocal training was the ideal foundation for training a jazz vocalist...and his astute analysis led him to create JVI- the Jazz Vocal Institute through which he educated a worldwide audience and brought singers from all over the world to India to study and integrate India's classical vocal tradition.
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