What North Indian Music Practice Can Teach Jazz Musicians - New York Jazz Workshop
The improvisational language of jazz and that of Hindustani (North Indian) music share manysimilarities, which we will get to in a minute, but first the main difference: the absence ofharmony in Indian classical music. While modal improvisation is familiar to jazz, the variety anddepth of the modes (‘raag’), having developed over centuries in India (as opposed to decades injazz), is unparalleled.I have been performing, touring, recording and teaching as a jazz guitarist for over 30 […]
