B Flat and Radio Indigo will present Indian Blue (Kolkata) — World Fusion on October 7, 8.30 pm onwards.The band will feature Shiraj Ali Khan on Sarode, Dishari Chakraborty on Persian Santoor, Arindam Bhattacharya on vocals, Ranjan De: Bangla Dhol on percussion, Shovon Mukherjee on bass guitar, Santonu Borah on electric guitar and Avijit Sarkar on drums Hindustani classical music forms the base of this band’s brand of world fusion, its primary inspiration and the framework.Western classical, blues, jazz, gypsy, soft rock and other genres enrich its fabric.The leader of the band is Sarode player Shiraz Ali Khan, grandson of the great Dr Ustad Ali Akbar Khan; The sound of Sarode in fusion music is a novel and successful innovation, which Shiraz has tried implementing with his band.His fusion album Inner Voyage has become an integral melody of the band.The composition depicts jazz music in a most Indian way.Indian Blue has adopted musical excerpts from the compositions of Shiraz’s grandfather Dr Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and from his albums, Journey, and Garden of Dreams.These albums have been the biggest influence so far.His experiment with Asha Bhosle in the vocal in the album Legacy has created history.
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