At the recent concert to mark the launch of UNK , a jazz album, I am busy tapping my feet, leaning forward in my seat, smiling to myself in enjoyment.
A woman next to me has been staring for some time. I turn and smile, quizzically.
“You like this kind of music?” she says.
“Yes,” I say, but with an enthusiasm that says “Hell yes!”
She crinkles her nose. “I don't know how you can. This is boring.”
“What kind of music do you listen to?”
“I prefer hip-hop.”
Radha Thomas, the Bangalore-based leader and vocalist of UNK , is all too aware that for many, jazz isn’t necessarily easy listening. Writing in these pages in early 2011, in fact, she compared it to bitter gourd (Why Is Jazz Like Pavakkai?, January 12, 2011).
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