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Lost Pakistani Roots Rediscovered: "Song of Lahore" Tells the Story of the Sachal Jazz Ensemble

 

Nijat Ali plays harmonium in Broad Green Pictures release, SONG OF LAHORE. Credit: Nadir Siddiquiin / Broad Green Pictures
Nijat Ali plays harmonium in Broad Green Pictures release, SONG OF LAHORE.
Credit: Nadir Siddiquiin / Broad Green Pictures

In late 2013, I wrote here about an unlikely story.
A Youtube clip of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” as recorded by the Sachal Jazz Ensemble in Lahore, Pakistan, had gone viral, attracting nearly a half-million hits. Soon after, the Sachal ensemble’s “Take Five,” from its recording “Interpretations of Jazz Standards and Bossa Nova,”shot to the top of the iTunes chart in the U.S. and U.K.
As I wrote then: Continue reading “Lost Pakistani Roots Rediscovered: "Song of Lahore" Tells the Story of the Sachal Jazz Ensemble”