He made jazz under air raids - and built an Indian city's music scene

17 April 2026, 12:16 pm

In 1940s Calcutta (now Kolkata), as Japanese air raids rattled the city, a group of musicians travelled by horse carriage to a recording studio, dodging sirens. The building was exposed, its only ...... Read More »

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