Film

Finding Carlton – Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India

D: Susheel Kurien, India 2011, 73 min, English subtitles

Sat, Jul 18, 2015

10 pm

Admission: Evening ticket (2 concerts + film) 14€/10€, Film only 6€/ 4€

Open Air on the roof terrace

Finding Carlton – Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India, film still, © Promo

On the trail of an almost forgotten jazz era in Kolkata

During the Second World War the jazz scene in Kolkata and Mumbai was booming, not least due to the U.S. troops stationed on Indian soil. Carlton Kitto, the virtuoso bebop guitarist is one of the last survivors of this almost forgotten era. In his debut film, Susheel Kurien draws a portrait of the everyday life of the 68 year old maverick, looking back with Carlton and companions such as the jazz keyboardist Louis Banks on the time when jazz formed a bridge between the continents.

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Jul 18, 2015

Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Kinsmen

A synthesis of jazz and South Indian Karnataka – beyond Ravi Shankar’s sitar tones or Miles Davis’s “On the Corner”: This was the sound the American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa set out to make after hearing the album “Saxophone Indian Style” from the Karnataka master Kadri Gopalnath. Together with guitarist Rez Abbasi, the two musicians have developed a playing style combining South Indian music with the harmonic framework of jazz.
Jul 18, 2015

Zoe Rahman

Jazz, tradition and imagination: the daughter of a Bengali father and a British mother, Zoe Rahman studied classical piano at Oxford and Jazz at Berklee.
Jul 18, 2015

How Jazz found Bollywood – An audio-visual journey

Susheel Kurien

Jazz aficionado and film maker Susheel Kurien talks about the path of jazz to India.

Finding Carlton – Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India

Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Kinsmen

Zoe Rahman

How Jazz found Bollywood – An audio-visual journey