Arun Ghosh

Arun Ghosh (* around 1976 in Bolton ) is a British jazz musician ( clarinet , composition ) with Indian roots.

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Ghosh grew up in Great Britain as a child of Indian parents. After completing his basic musical training on the recorder , he discovered the clarinet. Already at the age of twelve he was influenced by Courtney Pine , but he pursued a classical music education. He studied musicology at Cambridge University and then completed his instrumental training at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Only then did he switch to jazz.

In 2007 he played for the first time at the London Jazz Festival , where he presented his indo-jazz sextet , which interpreted Bengali melodies with the means of jazz, urban beats and the passion of punk ; With this music-making attitude, it is also reminiscent of the music of the Balkans . Ghosh's debut album Northern Namaste (2008) contained a variety of Indian instruments; the opening number, "Aurora", became known in the acid jazz scene through Gilles Peterson's compilation album Brownswood Bubblers Three . In 2009 Ghosh presented his approach in a concert at Jazzahead and at a sold-out performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club . On his second album, Primal Odyssey (2011), he limited himself to three wind instruments, bass and drums. His third album, A South Asian Suite , which reflected the music of Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, followed in 2013. Ghosh also works as a theater composer. In 2018 he received the Parliamentary Jazz Award.

Discographic notes

Northern Namaste (2008, with Idris Rahman , Jonathan Mayer, Corey Mwamba , Samy Bishai, Liran Donin and Will Worsley, Dave Walsh and Myke Wilson, Aref Durvesh, Sanju Sahai, Rastko Rasić)
A South Asian Suite (2013, with Aref Durvesh, Chris Williams, Idris Rahman, Zoe Rahman , Liran Donin, Nilesh Gulhane, Pat Illingworth, Rastko Rasić)

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Ghosh, Arun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz musician (clarinet, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bolton

[1] Interview (M)

[2] Arun Ghosh at Pizza Express Jazz Club (The Telegraph)

[3] Meeting (BBC)