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WHAT'S UP
Of Jazz and Raga
At the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory in Jhamsikhel, Grammy-winning musician Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya from Kolkata showed off the power and importance of Indian raga, on 16 March. Present amongst the audience were members of famed Nepali band 1974AD, who also jammed together on a 14-year- old composition to kick start the workshop. As the pandit listened intently to the progress the Nepali musical scene had made, he also shared anecdotes, such as one time when Nikita Krushchev was listening to raga music and actually felt the coming of dawn in the middle of night. Pandit Debashish also shared interesting encounters with jazz and its similarity to classical tunes.
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