When Carlton Kitto was just a teenager many decades ago in Calcutta, he had a love, and its name was jazz. At first, it was an innocent attraction, but the notes kept calling him, taunting him. It became an obsession and soon the yearning was too great. He had to make a choice between staying back and fulfilling expectations, or leaving to chase jazz where it took him. Fifty years later he’s still playing for crowds in the new documentary that bears his name, “Finding Carlton: Uncovering the story of jazz in India.”
It will be screened at the U.N. on April 30 as part of Indian Mission’s programming for the first International Jazz Day.
Author: Sabrina Buckwalter
Sabrina Buckwalter
a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a member of the Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting and a video editor for StarringNYC.com. Prior to moving to New York, she was a news features reporter for The Times of India based in Mumbai.