Carlton Kitto

Carlton Kitto is a Bebop jazz guitarist from Kolkata, India.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Bangalore, where he started working in the railways in his early days.[4] Kitto later started his music career in Chennai in 1960s.[3] He moved to Kolkata in 1973, and became a part of the band, Jazz Ensemble in Moulin Rogue, an upscale restaurant in Park Street, Kolkata[2][4] After two years, he started playing in another restaurant named Mocambo in the same locality. Currently he is a teacher of jazz and classical guitar in Calcutta School of Music and also performs in some of the restaurants and pubs like, Chowringhee Bar, Trincas, Blue Fox, Someplace Else in Kolkata.[2][2][5] Kitto has the distinction of playing along with other legendary jazz musicians like, Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, David Leibman, Larry Coryell, Chico Freeman and Charlie Byrd. In 2012 Half Diminished Films produced the groundbreaking documentary film directed by Susheel Kurien , Finding Carlton -Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India

References

  1. ↑ "All that jazz". The Telegraph. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Song sung blue". The Telegraph. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Kitto's jazz yatra". Frontline. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Those Were the Days, My Friend". Indian Express. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "All that jazz". Times of India. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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