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[[File:Carleton Kitto small for wikipedia-1.jpg|thumb|Carlton Kitto at the Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata, 2012]]<br />
'''Carlton Kitto''' ({{circa|1942}} – 28 November 2016) was a [[bebop]] [[jazz]] guitarist from [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name=alljazz>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110904/jsp/graphiti/story_14460162.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203161426/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110904/jsp/graphiti/story_14460162.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|title=All that jazz|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 September 2011|accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=songblue>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070318/asp/calcutta/story_7527829.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203203135/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070318/asp/calcutta/story_7527829.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|title=Song sung blue|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=18 March 2007|accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=frontline>{{cite news |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2313/stories/20060714002210000.htm |title=Kitto's jazz yatra |newspaper=Frontline |date=1 July 2006 |accessdate=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106220605/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2313/stories/20060714002210000.htm |archivedate=6 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name=ie>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/those-were-the-days-my-friend/891715/0|title=Those Were the Days, My Friend|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=25 December 2011|accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref> He was born in [[Bangalore]], where he started working in the railways in his early days.<ref name=ie/> Kitto later started his music career in [[Chennai]] in the 1960s.<ref name=frontline/> He moved to Kolkata in 1973 and became a part of the band ''Jazz Ensemble'' in [[Moulin Rogue]], an upscale restaurant in [[Park Street, Kolkata]].<ref name=songblue/><ref name=ie/> After two years he started playing in another restaurant named [[Mocambo (restaurant)|Mocambo]] in the same locality. He was a teacher of jazz and classical guitar at the [[Calcutta School of Music]] and also performed in some of the restaurants and pubs, such as the Chowringhee Bar, Trincas, Blue Fox and Someplace Else in Kolkata.{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/music-events/28542998_1_ensemble-members-music-guitarists|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103181519/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/music-events/28542998_1_ensemble-members-music-guitarists|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=All that jazz|date=10 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 June 2012}} Kitto had the distinction of playing along with other legendary jazz musicians such as [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Clark Terry]], David Leibman, [[Larry Coryell]], Chico Freeman and [[Charlie Byrd]].<br />
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The independent documentary film Finding Carlton -Uncovering the story of Jazz in India completed in 2012, [http://www.findingcarlton.com www.findingcarlton.com], pays tribute to Carlton Kitto whilst telling the fascinating story of how jazz came to India. The filmmaker Susheel Kurien compiled extensive interviews and live performance footage that is a historical archive of the Carlton Kitto story.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://scroll.in/article/822822/carlton-kitto-an-indian-jazz-guitar-legend-joins-the-big-band-in-the-sky|title= Carlton Kitto: An Indian jazz guitar legend joins the Big Band in the Sky. Susheel Kurien's documentary film 'Finding Carlton' explored the tenacity and sharply-honed talent of Kolkata's last bebop musician|website=Scroll.in|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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Kitto died on 28 November 2016 at the age of 74 after a long illness.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}<br />
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