by Madhav Chari There is a common misconception that Jazz music is not easily accessible to a general audience. I mean an English speaking audience from urban India with at […]

by Madhav Chari Jazz music has four fundamental aesthetic elements: swing, blues, the romantic to meditative ballad, and afro-Hispanic rhythms (sometimes called “latin” rhythms). Every crucial Jazz musician in the development […]

by Madhav Chari “Ev’ry day, ev’ry day I have the blues. Ev’ry day, ev’ry day I have the blues. When you see me worry baby, ’cause it’s you I hate to […]

by Madhav Chari One of the guiding features of Jazz is the process of improvisation, the creation of music in real time. In other words what a Jazz improviser does is […]

by Madhav Chari Jazz singers, at least for me are a special class of musicians. That is if they are good. The problem even in a city like New York […]