EXT SRC 49 / Jackson Heights

10.08.2025

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.

Tracks

  1. 1 Arushi Jain - Richer Than Blood
  2. 2 Ganavya - draw something beautiful
  3. 3 Vijay Iyer - Tirtha (Featuring Prasanna & Nitin Mitta)
  4. 4 Ratko Zjaca + Marius Preda + Trilok Gurtu - Touching Minds
  5. 5 Rafiq Bhatia - Background Music
  6. 6 Jaubi - Wings of Submission
  7. 7 Rajna Swaminathan - Precipice
  8. 8 Arooj Aftab - Inayaat
  9. 9 Tarun Balani - Samadhi
  10. 10 Tinctures - Cooke Town (epilogue)
  11. 11 Al Di Meola - Immeasurable Part 2
  12. 12 Airto Moreira + Zakkir Hussain - Tumbleweed
  13. 13 Telemakus - Spirit C (Interlude)
  14. 14 Gino Banks - Ife (fast)
  15. 15 Baiju Bhatt - Garuda (Featuring Cyril Regamey)
  16. 16 Shubh Saran - Intra
  17. 17 Anoushka Shankar - We Burn so Brightly (Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar)
  18. 18 Mohini Dey - Emotion
  19. 19 Kumar Shome - Vanakkam
  20. 20 Purbayan Chatterjee - Pace of Mind
  21. 21 Ragini Trio - The Nine Commandments (Featuring Bojan & Sawani Mudgal)
  22. 22 Kendraka - 0400am (Featuring Debalina Bhowmick & Maarten Visser)
  23. 23 Shakti - Sono Mama