Jazz in Goa

Fascinating! Naresh Fernandes has published his new book, "Taj Mahal Foxtrot", which traces the advent of jazz in Goa (!) during the 30s to our own time.  A little known corner of jazz history, it documents the contributions of American expatriate and Indian musicians, and many more in the 20s and 30s into the 40s and beyond.  

The book is entitled and subtitled 'Taj Mahal Foxtrot, the story of Bombay's jazz age'.  Yes, that's the same Taj hotel that was attacked in recent history. 

See Naresh's website, Tajmahalfoxtrot.com; and his facebook page for lots of good info.

See also my article below on one of those musicians, Cricket Smith.