I listen to a wide variety of music as long as it has got great melody. I play the Indian classical music on the bamboo flute. <br><br>I am intrigued by the improvisational aspects of Jazz. From my Indian classical music background, I am familiar with improvisation ( as a listener and not as a player since I am not that good ) and I can relate to form, structure and most importantly emotional meaning and I am trying to find the same in Jazz.<br><br>On the vocal jazz, Norah Jones has been my gateway to find Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Nina Simone. Wow, I love some of the stuff all these people have done. I decided to check them out after hearing Norah mention them in one of her interviews and also after listening to her Piano Jazz appearance with Marian McPartland. On the instumental side, after listening to Norah's version of Melancholia, I am checking out a lot of Duke Ellington. I guess I need the vocals as a reference.<br><br>Other interests.<br>Sports: Cricket, Tennis, Baseball, Football and Ice Hockey.<br>Career: Software<br>Other interests: Physics, Linguistics, reading non-fiction
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