The film 'Finding Carlton - Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India' by Susheel J Kurien will be screened on October 15, 6 pm at Bangalore International Centre, Teri Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage.
'Finding Carlton' is an original and lovingly crafted documentary of jazz in India.
It explores the African-American jazz diaspora in South Asia and for the first time, brings to life a remarkable example of early cultural globalisation.
Built around the portrait of a surviving Indian jazzman — the maverick guitarist Carlton Kitto — the audience is taken on an enriching journey into India's little-known jazz age, that lasted from the 1920s to the 1970s, and until now has gone unrecorded in the history of this country and the history of jazz.
What emerges is the unknown story of a bygone era and the testimony of its last survivors, Carlton Kitto.
A maverick dedicated to pure jazz, particulary bebop, Carlton, 68, is an unsung cultural custodian who has nurtured hundreds of young musicians in the jazz idiom, and who still plays to half-empty hotels in Kolkata.
The film shows Carlton's isolated, impoverished, yet passionately-dedicated existence. It uncovers an untold story of cultural cross-pollination born of the pre-war African-American diaspora, the American Army presence in Kolkata during the Second World War and of the US State Department's sponsored jazz tours in India. The film also illuminates the influence of American jazz on Bollywood. For details, call 9886599675.
'Finding Carlton' is an original and lovingly crafted documentary of jazz in India.
It explores the African-American jazz diaspora in South Asia and for the first time, brings to life a remarkable example of early cultural globalisation.
Built around the portrait of a surviving Indian jazzman — the maverick guitarist Carlton Kitto — the audience is taken on an enriching journey into India's little-known jazz age, that lasted from the 1920s to the 1970s, and until now has gone unrecorded in the history of this country and the history of jazz.
What emerges is the unknown story of a bygone era and the testimony of its last survivors, Carlton Kitto.
A maverick dedicated to pure jazz, particulary bebop, Carlton, 68, is an unsung cultural custodian who has nurtured hundreds of young musicians in the jazz idiom, and who still plays to half-empty hotels in Kolkata.
The film shows Carlton's isolated, impoverished, yet passionately-dedicated existence. It uncovers an untold story of cultural cross-pollination born of the pre-war African-American diaspora, the American Army presence in Kolkata during the Second World War and of the US State Department's sponsored jazz tours in India. The film also illuminates the influence of American jazz on Bollywood. For details, call 9886599675.