Some critics consider Larry Coryell to be the first great exponent of jazz-rock, initially with Gary Burton, and then with his own ʻ70s band ʻEleventh Houseʼ. The Hendrix-inspired fireworks of old still surface occasionally, but in the main he has moved on to other, subtler areas of fusion, of which Mumbai Jazz, exploring the links between jazz and Indian classical music, is surely the most fully developed.

Ronu Majumdar and Rajesh Rajhbatt are internationally acclaimed masters of the bansuri (or Indian flute) and tabla respectively, while Ned McGowan is an Amsterdam-based American flautist who doubles on the rarely heard contrabass flute, and has a long involvement with Carnatic music. Indo-Jazz has come a long way since the first tentative explorations of the 1960s: with Mumbai Jazz it has scaled majestic new heights.

This gig is a co-promotion with GemArts and Gateshead Council.