Jazz EPISODES

There is an entire chapter of Indian music history that has shaped global music in unknown ways remains preserved only in the human memory of a select few. Sandhya Sanjana is one of those humans. Long before "world music" became a marketing category, she was part of a generation of home-grown South-Asian artists blurring the edges of jazz, global and Indian classical music by a trial and error met with genuine curiosity, rather than novelty. Co-founder one of India's earliest internatio...

In his third appearance on Tapasya Loading, guitarist, composer, and educator Rez Abbasi joins T.L. Mazumdar for a conversation that begins with music but doesn’t end there. Born in Karachi and raised in California, NYC-based guitarist Rez has long been a bridge between worlds: jazz, South Asian and urban traditions, intellect and instinct, virtuosic precision and play. Award-winning touring and recording artist and teacher at the New School in New York, he is known for a sound that is as ...

What does it take to sustain both a marriage and a creative partnership—without one overshadowing the other? In this long-awaited conversation, we sit down with Kiran Ahluwalia & Rez Abbasi, a powerhouse couple who have built extraordinary solo careers while seamlessly collaborating as partners in both life and music. From navigating creative differences to maintaining individuality within a shared artistic vision, Kiran and Rez open up about the complexities of working side by side in an ind...

NYC-based Hungarian drummer Ferenc Nemeth is a Grammy-award-winning musician and educator who continues to push the boundaries of jazz drumming, composition and education with his unique approach of self-development and artistry. Nemeth has been one of the most sought after drummers both, in Europe and the United States with a lineage from a musical family, lending him a unique dynamism and versatility fostered from a very early age. From his early days at the Berklee College of Music in Boston ...

Canada-based Indian Jazz Vocalist Shruti Ramani speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Multi-instrumentalist & Composer Jens Gebel speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Spanish-German Bassist, Composer-Producer & Educator talks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Indonesian Guitarist & Producer Nikita Dompas speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

London-based Mauritian SInger/Producer Rouhangeze Baichoo Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Brooklyn-based Pianist/Singer-Songwriter/Producer/Multi-instrumentalist Jake Sherman speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Cutting-edge Swedish Avant Garde / Jazz artist & Visual artist Sophie Dunér Returns to Tapasya Loading

Noah Kellman talks to T.L. Mazumdar

T.L. Mazumdar aka EveryNowHere answers audience questions on the making of his debut solo piano album.

Iconic Pianist/Composer and Author of 'Effortless Mastery' Kenny Werner speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Bassist with Miles Davis and Carlos Santana speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Kathmandu-bred composer/arranger Abhisek Bhadra left a budding career in what has been looked upon as Central Europe's capital for 'World Music', Rotterdam, to return to Nepal where the call of the heart led him to lead the very Conservatory of Music his...

T.L. Mazumdar talks to veteran German Percussionist / Producer Stephan Maass.

T.L. Mazumdar talks to legendary Liberian-German Jazz-Fusion Bassist Kai-Eckhardt.

T.L. Mazumdar talks to London-based Austrian Percussionist/Composer Bernhard Schimpelsberger.

Swedish Singer/Composer Sophie Dunér Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to critically acclaimed Pakistani-American Jazz Musician and Guggenheim Fellowship Awardee Rez Abbasi.