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{{Infobox music genre
| name = Indo jazz
| bgcolor = pink
| stylistic_origins = [[Jazz]], [[classical music|classical]], [[Indian classical music]], [[raga]]
| cultural_origins = Mid-1950s
| instruments = [[Saxophone]], [[guitar]], [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Drum kit|drum]]s, [[violin]], [[sitar]], [[tabla]] and other [[Indian classical music#Instruments|Indian classical instrumentations]]
| derivatives =
| subgenrelist =
| subgenres =
| fusiongenres =
| regional_scenes =
| local_scenes =
| other_topics = [[Folk jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[Minimalist music|minimalism]], [[serialism]], [[twelve-tone technique]]
}}
'''Indo jazz''' is a musical genre consisting of [[jazz]], [[European classical music|classical]] and [[Music of India|Indian]] influences. Its structure and patterns are based on Indian music with typical jazz improvisation overlaid. While the term itself may be comparatively recent, the concept dates at least to the mid-1950s. Musicians including [[John Coltrane]], [[Yusef Lateef]] and others reflect Indian influences.

[[The Mahavishnu Orchestra]] might be an early example of a jazz group with Indian influences as [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] at that time was a devotee of [[Sri Chinmoy]]. Others found the improvisational elements already in some [[Music of India|Indian music]] to fit well with jazz. Although [[John Mayer (composer)|John Mayer]] and [[Joe Harriott]] are perhaps the most important influences in the movement. In addition [[Alice Coltrane]] is also known for relational work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/redd_india.html |author=Adrienne Redd |title=EastJazz |website=Roots World}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, [[L. Subramaniam]] pioneered a new movement of Indo-jazz fusion, which he called "neo-fusion". It became very popular especially after the release of his albums such as ''Fantasy Without Limits'' (1979), ''Blossom'' (1981), ''Spanish Wave'' (1983), ''Conversations'' (1984), ''Indian Express'' (1985), and ''Mani and Co.'' (1986), in which he collaborated with musicians including [[Stephane Grappelli]], [[George Duke]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Larry Coryell]], [[Emil Richards]] among others.

In America, Broto Roy, [[tabla]] percussionist, began composing and recording his brand of "Raga-Jazz" with his debut CD ''American Raga'' (1998), which was taken aboard and played on the [[International Space Station]] when [[Dennis Tito]] (America's first space tourist) blasted off into space. [[List of EMI labels#EMI India|EMI India]] released it in India. His second CD, ''Total Immersion{{snd}} Live at the Kennedy Center'', is only the second CD authorized for public release by the [[Kennedy Center]] (the first was by [[Pavarotti]]). His Quartet has released two CDs: ''Ancient Algorithms'' (2015) and ''All Barriers Fall'' (May 15, 2018).

The most popular Indian-based Indo-jazz band would be KARMA, with internationally acclaimed tabla maestro [[Subhen Chatterjee]], Lew Hilt (India's best known bassist), [[Amyt Dutta]] (one of India's best jazz guitarists) and others fronting the band.{{cn|date=May 2021}}

==Ashwin Batish==
One of the most innovative Indo-jazz experiences comes from Bombay native [[Ashwin Batish]]. Although classically trained in North Indian music by his father Pandit [[Shiv Dayal Batish]], Ashwin's growing up in the West, first UK, then USA, gave him a unique insight into the world of Western music. His frequent sit-ins with jazz musicians<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goodtimes.sc/santa-cruz-arts-entertainment/santa-cruz-music/music-reviews-interviews/sitar-master-ashwin-batish-ucsc/ |title=Sitar Master Ashwin Batish at UCSC |last=Baine |first=Wallace |date=2018-11-13 |website=Good Times Santa Cruz |language=en-US |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> and his exposure to western musicians such as his father's collaboration with [[George Harrison]] for the [[Beatles]] movie "[[Help! (film)|Help!]]",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sd-batish-mn0000282233 |title=S. D. Batish. Biography & History |website=AllMusic |language=en-us |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> sparked in him a desire to stretch his classical music roots into the world of jazz and fusion. Ashwin has, for the past 35 years, been at the forefront of combining his classical sitar music with rock, pop and jazz. He has received critical acclaim from jazz and world music writers and audiences. His latest release, ''Jazz Is Where Is'', is with his "fiery sitar power trio" (Nigel Wood, Ear To The Globe, Ireland).

Batish is presently on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://music.ucsc.edu/faculty/ashwin-batish |title=Ashwin Batish |website=Music Department, UC Santa Cruz |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> where he teaches Indian music percussion theory and practice. Upon the invitation of the university, Ashwin will be teaching a five-week 2020 Summer intensive called [[Raga]] Jazz{{snd}} an application of Indian music to Western Instruments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://summer.ucsc.edu/courses/musc.html |title=2020 Music Summer Courses |website=summer.ucsc.edu |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>

==Specific to John Mayer==
{{overquote|date=May 2021}}
"Mayer is very definite about that distinction, as only someone could understand who grew up in Calcutta studying Indian music with Sanathan Mukherjee whilst simultaneously learning Western music with Melhi Mehta. 'Indian music is basically built around a linear technique', he says. 'There's no harmony in the Western sense, just one extended melodic line accompanied by a drone. The absence of harmony is compensated for by very complex rhythms. As I found out more about Western music, I realised that there are similarities with the techniques of [[serialism]]. In serialism you are dealing with an [[Atonality|atonal]] sequence, and in [[raga]]s, the Indian scale system, you are dealing with a [[Tonality|tonal]] sequence, but one which goes up one way and down another, what's called the aroha-avaroha. In most of the music we play in Indo-Jazz Fusions, the music is all scored. I don't believe in too much improvisation, and when there is space for improvising, this is done in a format which reminds the player of the notes of the raga. [...]' [...] Indo-Jazz Fusions is just such proof of the folly of labels. It isn't a question of the music being jazz, or Indian, or classical; it is a thoroughly satisfying blend of ingredients into something genuinely new, original and forward looking."<ref>[http://www.indojazz.f9.co.uk/indojazz.htm John Mayer's Indo-Jazz Fusions]. Retrieved on 2006-07-05.</ref>

==Indo jazz musicians==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Vijay Iyer]]
*[[Shankar Jaikishan]]<ref>{{Citation
| last=Atkins
| first=E. Taylor
| title=Jazz planet
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4tm8eG10r8C&q=shankar+jaikishan&pg=PA71
| publisher=University Press of Mississippi
| year=2003
| isbn=9781578066094
| id=1578066093
}}</ref>
*[[Arun Ghosh]]<ref>[http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2283590,00.html Indo-Jazz Fusions Guardian review June 2008]</ref>
*[[Grand Union Orchestra]]<ref>[http://www.grandunion.org.uk Grand Union]</ref>
*[[A. R. Rahman]]
*[[Amit Heri]]
*[[Raghavendran Rajasekaran]]
*[[Ashwin Batish]]
*[[Bud Shank]] (with [[Ravi Shankar]])
*[[L. Subramaniam]]
*[[Trilok Gurtu]]
*[[Prasanna Ramaswamy]]
*[[Joe Harriott]]
*[[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]
*[[Arun Luthra]]<ref>[http://www.arunluthra.net/ Web site: www.ArunLuthra.NET]</ref>
*[[George Brooks (musician)|George Brooks]]
*[[Deobrat Mishra]]
*[[John Mayer (composer)|John Mayer]]
*[[Badal Roy]]
*[[L. Shankar]]
*[[Soul Yatra]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20051023195355102 |title=World Music Central |access-date=2006-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612052936/http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20051023195355102 |archive-date=2007-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]]
*[[Shakti]]
*[[Prem Joshua]]
*[[Fareed Haque]]
*[[Nishat Khan]]
*[[Jyotsna Srikanth]]<ref>[http://www.indianviolin.eu Jyotsna] website.</ref>
*[[Sunny Jain]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=9275 |title=All About Jazz |access-date=2006-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311204811/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=9275 |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Red Baraat]]
*[[Ranjit Barot]]
*[[Lalitha & Nandini]]
*[[Kendraka]]
* Dr Rahul Sharma
* [[Irène Schweizer]] (Jazz Meets India)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Sitar in jazz]]
* [[Jazz in India]]
* [[Amancio D'Silva]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080909065319/http://www.lutins.org/indyjazz//ij-3.html Lutins.org]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9060763719855584589 "Remember Shakti"] on Google Video.

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