EXT SRC 49 / Jackson Heights / 10.08.25
For this episode of EXT SRC I’m exploring jazz by South Asian and South Asian diasporic artists. Jazz and South Asian music, particularly classical Indian music, have a long history together. I spent a good part of my high school years absorbing every Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin project and enjoying Alice Coltrane’s work. So I was curious what people with actual origins in the region were doing with jazz. With this playlist I attempted to showcase modern artists, some that I already enjoyed along with new favorites.
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Playlist
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Tinctures, “Cooke Town (epilogue)”
from Cooke Town (epilogue) - Single
Subcontinental Records - 2025
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Airto Moreira, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, KITARO & T.H. Vinayakram, “Tumbleweed”
Smithsonian Folkways Mickey Hart Collection - 1992
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Gino Banks, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Kala Ramnath, A. Sivamani & Vikku Vinayakram, “Ife (fast)”
from Miles from India
Four Quarters Records - 2008
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Anoushka Shankar, “We Burn so Brightly (feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar)”
from Chapter III: We Return to Light (feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar) - EP
LEITER - 2025
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Ragini Trio, “The Nine Commandments (feat. Bojan Z & Sawani Mudgal)”
from Peace the New Jazz (feat. Bojan Z & Sawani Mudgal)
W.E.R.F. - 2019
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Kendraka, “0400am (feat. Debalina Bhowmick & Maarten Visser)”
from 0400am (feat. Debalina Bhowmick & Maarten Visser) - Single
Flair Records - 2016
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Shakti, “Sono Mama (feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin)”
from This Moment (feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin)
Abstract Logix - 2023