"Beam me up, Scotty!"

#StarTrek fans relate to that, & young #musician Lydian Nadhaswaram transports us to another world via his composition 'Beam Me Up' from his debut album #ChromaticGrammatic

https://youtu.be/em5PurwFZto

Lydian combines #jazz with elements of Carnatic music (konnakol & mridangam) performed by virtuoso B.C.Manjunath, with George Karayiannis on electric #guitar

#fusion #mastindia #jazzmusic #music #LydianNadhaswaram #ChromaticGrammatic @mastodonindians #India #piano #creativity

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As life's frenetic & insane pace drags us along, we badly need to stop & take a breather.

Voila! a melodic composition, "Breather," from
Lydian Nadhaswaram's jazz album 'Chromatic Grammatic.'

Another lovely 🌟 slow #jazz composition. Lydian Nadhaswaram on wurlitzer piano, Alexander LJ Toth on the double bass

https://youtu.be/Wh9vXRr9Nao
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#jazzmusic #music #musician #LydianNadhaswaram #ChromaticGrammatic #India #mastindia @mastodonindians #piano #bass #fusion

(thread)

As life's frenetic & insane pace drags us along, we badly need to stop & take a breather.

Voila! a melodic composition, "Breather," from
Lydian Nadhaswaram's jazz album 'Chromatic Grammatic.'

Another lovely 🌟 slow #jazz composition. Lydian Nadhaswaram on wurlitzer piano, Alexander LJ Toth on the double bass

https://youtu.be/Wh9vXRr9Nao
🎼
#jazzmusic #music #musician #LydianNadhaswaram #ChromaticGrammatic #India #mastindia @mastodonindians #piano #bass #fusion

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Flash forward 5 yrs. Lydian Nadhaswaram, now 16, has come out with his first album, Chromatic Grammatic, jazz compositions where Indian as well as Western instruments are used

All 12 compositions in #ChromaticGrammatic are a delight. But we have our favorites & mine is 'Breeze.' Slow, soothing jazz.

Here's the music video
https://youtu.be/06D6PjXY20s
Lydian Nadhaswaram: Piano, Drums, Bass Guitar
S. Akash: Bansuri
Mark Hartsuch: Alto Saxophone
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#jazz #music #musician #LydianNadhaswaram

Lydian Nadhaswaram is now a well-known name, but there was a time when few knew this talented child prodigy musician.

This multimedia essay "King of Melody, Lord of Rhythm: Lydian Nadhaswaram's Musical Journey" was the first article in English about him. I wrote it, & it was published in The Mantle, a NY magazine, in 2017

https://www.themantle.com/arts-and-culture/king-melody-lord-rhythm-lydian-nadhaswarams-musical-journey

#music #prodigy #musician #talent #LydianNadhaswaram #mastindia